薇

Glyph origin
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Definitions

 * , a species of fern (also known as royal fern or )

Compounds

 * : rose

Etymology


Uncertain. Theories include:
 * Shift from, from the way the fiddleheads look like rotating or twirling coins
 * Shift from, from the way the coil of a fiddlehead with the hole in the center looks like a traditional coin (which also has a hole in the center)
 * Shift from, from the way the repeating pattern of the fiddleheads look like a lot of small things in a roll

The "roll" derivation would align with the derivation of synonym.

First attested in 1709.

Noun

 * 1)  , of which the young fiddleheads are edible

Etymology
From.