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