Meaning of monk's head | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The dandelion.
   archaic
2. A cactus of the genus Melocactus, endemic to Brazil.

Examples

“[A] quarter of a goat is going for thirty and forty milreis, a loaf of hard brown sugar for twenty, a cupful of manioc flour for five, an imbuzeiro root or a ‘monk's head’ cactus with edible pulp for one and even two milreis.”

“Across the front flaps of bornais and along the cracked brims of the men's hats, she sewed green appliquéd circles resembling the monk's-head cactus.”

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