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Amsinckia

noun

rough annual herbs of Europe and the Americas: fiddlenecks

• Syn: ↑genus Amsinckia

• Hypernyms: ↑plant genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Boraginaceae, ↑family Boraginaceae, ↑borage family

• Member Meronyms: ↑common amsinckia, ↑Amsinckia intermedia, ↑large-flowered fiddleneck, ↑Amsinckia grandiflora

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\\amˈsiŋkēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Wilhelm Amsinck died 1831 German botanist + New Latin -ia

: a genus of rough annual herbs (family Boraginaceae) with oblong leaves and scorpioid-spicate yellow flowers, at least the lowest being leafy-bracted — see fiddle-neck 2

Useful english dictionary. 2012.