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snake's head

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English

Syllables
snake's -head
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

snake's head fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris), a flowering plant in the family Liliaceae, native to Eurasia.

noun

snake's head desertdandelion (Malacothrix coulteri), a plant in the family Asteraceae, native to North America.

noun

Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arum maculatum), a plant in the family Araceae, native to northern Europe.

noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see snake, head.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From snake + -'s + head. An upright portion of each plant bears a checkered or overlapping pattern that resembles the appearance of snakeskin.

Inflected Forms

snake's heads (plural) snake's-head (alternative) snakeshead (alternative) snakehead (alternative) snake-head (alternative)

Phrases

:Category:Lily family plants

Frequently Paired Words

:Category:Lily family plants

Synonyms

fritillary cuckoopint Adam and Eve adder's meat adder's root arum arum lily bobbins cows and bulls cuckoo-plant devils and angels friar's cowl

Questions

What does snake's head mean?
snake's head fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris), a flowering plant in the family Liliaceae, native to Eurasia.
Where does snake's head come from?
From snake + -'s + head. An upright portion of each plant bears a checkered or overlapping pattern that resembles the appearance of snakeskin.

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