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dragonhead

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drag·on·head  (drgn-hd)
n.
Any of several plants of the genera Dracocephalum and Physostegia, having terminal spikes of rose-pink or purplish flowers.
dragonhead [ˈdrægənˌhɛd], dragon's-head
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any plant of the genus Dracocephalum, of Europe, Asia, and North America, having dense spikes of white or bluish flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any North American plant of the related genus Physostegia, having pink or purplish flowers
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Noun1.dragonheaddragonhead - American herb having sharply serrate lanceolate leaves and spikes of blue to violet flowers
Dracocephalum parviflorum, dragon's head
herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
Dracocephalum, genus Dracocephalum - genus of American herbs and dwarf shrubs of the mind family: dragonheads


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Even the jolting motion of these coaches only heightened their extraordinary status, and in this respect was later transferred to the earliest modern automobile which also aroused the curiosity of two contemporary monarchs - an elective affinity of science and principality (in a curious advertisement, the manufacturer said that the dragonhead figure crowning the wood drank water, beer, and wine, but best liked mead
Die Herkunft des Automobils aus Himmelstrionfo und Hollenmaschine by Bruckle, Wolfgang / Renaissance Quarterly
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