Meanings
adjectivemop-headed (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving a mop head haircut.
Then commenced a scene of indescribable confusion. These forty black, naked, mop-headed savages seemed intoxicated with joy and excitement. Not one of them could remain still for a moment.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 177
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(of trees) having a bushy top without a leader
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