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fiddle-neck

noun

Definition of fiddle-neck 

1 : a hairy annual Californian herb (Phacelia tanacetifolia) with large pinnately divided leaves and bluish flowers

2 : a plant of the genus Amsinckia

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History and Etymology for fiddle-neck

so called from the shape of the flower racemes

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