snake's head

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
  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.

词形变化

snake's heads plural snake's-head alternative snakeshead alternative snakehead alternative snake-head alternative

词汇关系

近义词
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
上位词
lily
相关词
:Category:Lily family plants

词源

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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