fiddleneck
/ˈfɪdəlˌnɛk/
noun
- A plant of the genus Amsinckia, with coiled flower clusters that resemble the neck of a fiddle, often considered a weed but also used in herbal remedies.
- The farmer tried to control the fiddleneck in his wheat crop.
- Fiddleneck grows abundantly in dry, open fields along the coast.
- Some species of fiddleneck are toxic to livestock if eaten in large amounts.
- A type of knot or bend in a rope or string that resembles the curved neck of a fiddle.
- The sailor showed the new crew how to make a fiddleneck.
- A fiddleneck is useful for attaching a line to a post.
- He tied a fiddleneck to secure the boat to the dock.