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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any plant in the genus Amsinckia, with flowers in a coiled inflorescence that looks like the end of a fiddle.
2. 2
   hairy annual of California to Mexico with crowded cymes of small blue to lilac or mauve flowers wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

phacelia tanacetifolia

Etymology

From fiddle + neck.

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