medusa's head

Noun

Meaning

weedy rye grass having long bristling awns

African dwarf succulent perennial shrub with numerous slender drooping branches

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Euphorbia caput-medusae Euphorbia medusae Elymus caput-medusae

Hypernyms

spurge wild rye

Examples

Freud was a hero. He descended to the Underworld and met there stark terrors. He carried with him his theory as a Medusa's head which turned these terrors to stone. Ronald David Laing

Close letter words and terms

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