dragonhead
or drag·on's head
any of several mints of the genus Dracocephalum having spikes of double-lipped flowers.
Origin of dragonhead
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How to use dragonhead in a sentence
Soon the Short Serpent came up, its gilded dragon-head shining brightly in the sunlight.
Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) | Charles MorrisThe swaying dragon head paused, held rigid on a stiff, scaled column in the center of the saucer.
Key Out of Time | Andre Alice NortonThe dragon head writhed, twisted as the reptile attempted to see above and behind its own length.
Key Out of Time | Andre Alice NortonIn the centre stood a Norse war galley or Viking ship, with its huge dragon head towering upwards with graceful bend.
The Danes in Lancashire and Yorkshire | S. W. PartingtonOn the stem was a dragon-head, and on the stern a dragon-tail, and the sides of the bows of the ship were gilt.
Heimskringla | Snorri Sturlason
British Dictionary definitions for dragonhead
dragon's-head
/ (ˈdræɡənˌhɛd) /
any plant of the genus Dracocephalum, of Europe, Asia, and North America, having dense spikes of white or bluish flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
any North American plant of the related genus Physostegia, having pink or purplish flowers
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