How to pronounce fiddlehead

Love words? Try a free round: no sign-up, about two minutes. Play free

What fiddlehead means

noun

The tightly curled tip of a young fern

In a sentence: In spring, we found a fiddlehead poking out of the forest floor like a green spiral.

Where it comes from: It's named for the curled scroll at the top of a fiddle, which a young fern tip looks just like.

Can you spot the real meaning? Play Wordfib

One free round, no sign-up. Wordfib shows a word and four meanings: one real, three fibs.

All Wordfib words →