fiddleneck

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noun

Any plant in the genus Amsinckia, with flowers in a coiled inflorescence that looks like the end of a fiddle.

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Phacelia tanacetifolia
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Meanings

nounfiddleneck (plural fiddlenecks)

plural fiddlenecks · alternative fiddle-neck

  1. Any plant in the genus Amsinckia, with flowers in a coiled inflorescence that looks like the end of a fiddle.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounhairy annual of California to Mexico with crowded cymes of small blue to lilac or mauve flowers

Similar
Phacelia tanacetifolia
Broader
scorpionweedscorpion weedphacelia

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From fiddle + neck.

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APA

fiddleneck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fiddleneck

MLA

“fiddleneck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fiddleneck. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fiddleneck,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fiddleneck.

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