fiddle-neck

noun

1

: a hairy annual Californian herb (Phacelia tanacetifolia) with large pinnately divided leaves and bluish flowers

2

: a plant of the genus Amsinckia

Word History

Etymology

so called from the shape of the flower racemes

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