MEDUSA'S HEAD

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 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

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

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)