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fiddleneck

fiddleneck noun: any plant in the genus Amsinckia, with flowers in a coiled inflorescence that looks like the end of a fiddle.

fiddleneck: any plant in the genus Amsinckia, with flowers in a coiled inflorescence that looks like the end of...
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Noun

fiddleneck (plural fiddlenecks)

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

Forms of fiddleneck

pluralfiddlenecks
alternative formfiddle-neck

Origin of fiddleneck

From fiddle + neck.

Questions about fiddleneck

What does fiddleneck mean?
Fiddleneck means any plant in the genus Amsinckia, with flowers in a coiled inflorescence that looks like the end of a fiddle.
What part of speech is fiddleneck?
Fiddleneck is a noun.
What is the plural of fiddleneck?
The plural of fiddleneck is fiddlenecks.

Words near fiddleneck in the dictionary

  1. fiddleists
  2. fiddleleaf
  3. fiddleleafs
  4. fiddlemaker
  5. fiddlemaking
  6. fiddleneck
  7. fiddlenecks
  8. fiddler
  9. fiddler crab
  10. fiddler crabs
  11. Fiddler's Ferry

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