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Staghead

noun
1.
An abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance.  Synonyms: hexenbesen, witch broom, witches' broom.






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"Staghead" Quotes from Famous Books



... of "Caberfae," which, without having much meaning or poetry, served, like the celebrated "Lillibulero," to animate armies, and inflame party spirit to a degree that can scarcely be imagined. The repetition of "the Staghead, when rises his cabar on," which concludes every strophe, is enough at any time to bring a Mackenzie to his feet, or into the forefront of battle,—being a simple allusion to the Mackenzie crest, allegorised into an emblem of the stag at bay, or ready in his ire to push at his assailant. The cabar ...
— The Modern Scottish Minstrel , Volume I. - The Songs of Scotland of the past half century • Various



Words linked to "Staghead" :   witches' broom, tuft, tussock



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