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turk's-head

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TURK'S-HEAD

TURK'S-HEAD Turk's "-head `, n.

 

1. (Naut. ) A knot of turbanlike form worked on a rope with a piece of small line.

 

2. (a ) The melon cactus. [West Indies ] (b ) Any of several species of Echinocactus. [California ]

 

3. A long-handled, round-headed broom for sweeping ceilings, etc. [Colloq. or Dial. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Turk's-head cactus

Turk's-head cac tus ▶noun a barrel-shaped Jamaican cactus that bears red flowers from a terminal part that resembles a fez. Also called Turk's-cap cactus. [Melocactus communis, family Cactaceae. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

Turk's-head cactus

Turk's-head cac tus ▶noun a barrel-shaped Jamaican cactus that bears red flowers from a terminal part that resembles a fez. Also called Turk's-cap cactus. [Melocactus communis, family Cactaceae. ]