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FIDDLENECK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fiddleneck mean? 

FIDDLENECK (noun)
  The noun FIDDLENECK has 1 sense:

1. hairy annual of California to Mexico with crowded cymes of small blue to lilac or mauve flowersplay

  Familiarity information: FIDDLENECK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FIDDLENECK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Hairy annual of California to Mexico with crowded cymes of small blue to lilac or mauve flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

fiddleneck; Phacelia tanacetifolia

Hypernyms ("fiddleneck" is a kind of...):

phacelia; scorpion weed; scorpionweed (any plant of the genus Phacelia)


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