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Rhizome vs Fiddlehead - What's the difference?

rhizome | fiddlehead |

As nouns the difference between rhizome and fiddlehead

is that rhizome is a horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes while fiddlehead is the scroll-shaped decoration at the tip of a fiddle.

rhizome

English

(wikipedia rhizome)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes.
  • (philosophy) A so-called "image of thought" that apprehends multiplicities. See .

    • fiddlehead

    English

    (wikipedia fiddlehead)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The scroll-shaped decoration at the tip of a fiddle.
  • The furled fronds of a young fern harvested for food consumption.

    • Synonyms

    *(tip of a fiddle) scroll *(furled fronds of a fern) circinate vernation