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monk's head

monk's head noun: the dandelion.

Noun

monk's head (plural monk's heads)

  1. (archaic) The dandelion.
  2. A cactus of the genus Melocactus, endemic to Brazil.
    • [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.1984, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Helen R. Lane, The War of the End of the World, Folio Society, published 2012, page 538
    • 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.2008, Frances de Pontes Peebles, The Seamstress

Forms of monk's head

pluralmonk's heads

Questions about monk's head

What does monk's head mean?
Monk's head means the dandelion.
What part of speech is monk's head?
Monk's head is a noun.
What is the plural of monk's head?
The plural of monk's head is monk's heads.

Words near monk's head in the dictionary

  1. monk seals
  2. monk vulture
  3. monk vultures
  4. monk's chair
  5. monk's chairs
  6. monk's head
  7. monk's hood
  8. monk's hoods
  9. monk's pepper
  10. monk's rhubarb
  11. monk's seam

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