seedhead

English

the seedhead of Clematis texensis

Etymology

From seed + headCategory:English compound terms#SEEDHEAD.

Noun

seedhead (plural seedheads)Category:English lemmas#SEEDHEADCategory:English nouns#SEEDHEADCategory:English countable nouns#SEEDHEADCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SEEDHEADCategory:Pages with entries#SEEDHEADCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SEEDHEAD

  1. A part of certain plants that bears the seeds after flowering, as in the dandelion.
    • 1994 June, Australian Mammal Society, volume 17, page 61:
      Macropodids may take small berries or seedheads entirely into the mouth, grip the stalk, and pluck off the seedhead against the upper or lower incisors.
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