Meaning of snake's head | Babel Free

Definitions

1. snake's head fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris), a flowering plant in the family Liliaceae, native to Eurasia.
2. snake's head desertdandelion (Malacothrix coulteri), a plant in the family Asteraceae, native to North America.
3. Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arum maculatum), a plant in the family Araceae, native to northern Europe.
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see snake, head.

Examples

“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.”

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