fiddleneck
fiddleneck · fiddlenecks
Any plant in the genus Amsinckia, with flowers in a coiled inflorescence that looks…Any plant in the genus Amsinckia, with flowers in a coiled inflorescence that looks like the end of a fiddle.
Meaning
1 sensesAny plant in the genus Amsinckia, with flowers in a coiled inflorescence that looks like the end of a fiddle.
More definitions
- hairy annual of California to Mexico with crowded cymes of small blue to lilac or mauve flowers
Origin
From fiddle + neck.From fiddle + neck.
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Forms
plural: fiddlenecksSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- hairy annual of California to Mexico with crowded cymes of small blue to lilac or mauve flowers:Phacelia tanacetifolia
Word family
2 related wordsSee also
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