snake's-head

noun

plural snake's-heads

1

a

or snake's-head lily : guinea-hen flower

b

: a woody composite herb (Malacothrix coulteri) with a spotted involucre that grows in dry areas of the southwestern U.S.

2

: snakehead sense 1

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