snake's head
nounEtymology 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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snake's head fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris), a flowering plant in the family Liliaceae, native to Eurasia.
- Hangings of tapestry were behind the high seats, worked with flowers, snake’s-head, snapdragon, dragon-mouth, and their kind; and on the dado below the windows were sculptures of birds and beasts and creeping things.1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 3:
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snake's head desertdandelion (Malacothrix coulteri), a plant in the family Asteraceae, native to North America.
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Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arum maculatum), a plant in the family Araceae, native to northern Europe.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see snake, head.
- Synonyms
- chess flower, chequered daffodil, chequered lily, drooping tulip, fritillary, frog-cup, guinea flower, guinea-hen flower, Lazarus bell, leper lily, snake's head, snake's head fritillary
- Related terms
- :Category:Lily family plants
- Hypernyms
- lily