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fiddleneck

noun

Etymology

From fiddle + neck.

  1. derived from *knog-✻
  2. inherited from *hnakkô✻ — “nape, neck”
  3. inherited from hnecca
  4. inherited from nekke
  5. compounded as fiddleneck — “fiddle + neck”

Definitions

  1. Any plant in the genus Amsinckia, with flowers in a coiled inflorescence that looks like…

    Any plant in the genus Amsinckia, with flowers in a coiled inflorescence that looks like the end of a fiddle.

The neighborhood

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