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Word of the Week: Crosier
When the frond (leaf) of a fern emerges from its underground rhizome, its head is coiled (circinate). Its appearance has been likened to a crosier (a bishop’s curved staff) or the scroll on the head of some stringed instruments, hence the commonly used term fiddlehead… Continue reading
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Tagged Adiantum pedatum, crosier, crozier, Dryopteris marginalis, fiddlehead, frond, Glossary, Matteuccia struthiopteris, Onoclea sensibilis, Osmunda cinnamomea, Osmunda claytoniana, Osmunda spectabilis, Word of the Week
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