swanneck

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swanneck - any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan

swan orchid, swanflower, swan-flower, swan-neck

orchid, orchidaceous plant - any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors

Cycnoches, genus Cycnoches - genus of epiphytic or terrestrial tropical American orchids

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King Harold II was mortally wounded on the battlefield and his body had to be formally identified by his mistress, Edith Swanneck.

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This latest work travels from Waltham Abbey to St Leonards-on-Sea for a spectral reunion of Harold Godwinson, defeated by William the Conqueror at Hastings, and his wife, Edith Swanneck, commemorated by a statue in St Leonards.

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Meanwhile, Lancome's Grandiose Wide-Angle Fan Effect Mascara touts the patent-pending "first swanneck wand" to fan out the lashes.