Noun: Matteuccia struthiopteris
- Tall fern of northern temperate regions having graceful arched fronds and sporophylls resembling ostrich plumes
"They harvested the young fiddleheads of the Matteuccia struthiopteris in spring";
- ostrich fern, shuttlecock fern, fiddlehead, Pteretis struthiopteris, Onoclea struthiopteris
Type of: fern
Part of: genus Matteuccia, genus Pteretis, Matteuccia, Pteretis
Encyclopedia: Matteuccia struthiopteris