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MEDUSA'S HEAD

Dictionary entry overview: What does medusa's head mean?

• MEDUSA'S HEAD (noun)
The noun MEDUSA'S HEAD has 2 senses:

1. African dwarf succulent perennial shrub with numerous slender drooping branches
2. weedy rye grass having long bristling awns

Familiarity information: MEDUSA'S HEAD used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MEDUSA'S HEAD (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

African dwarf succulent perennial shrub with numerous slender drooping branches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Euphorbia caput-medusae; Euphorbia medusae; medusa's head

Hypernyms ("medusa's head" is a kind of...):

spurge (any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice)

Holonyms ("medusa's head" is a member of...):

Euphorbia; genus Euphorbia (type genus of the Euphorbiaceae: very large genus of diverse plants all having milky juice)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Weedy rye grass having long bristling awns

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Elymus caput-medusae; medusa's head

Hypernyms ("medusa's head" is a kind of...):

wild rye (any of several grasses of the genus Elymus)

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