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/mədˈusəz hɛd/ Listen

Medusa's head

noun

African dwarf succulent perennial shrub with numerous slender drooping branches. Synonyms: Euphorbia caput-medusae, Euphorbia medusae.

Weedy rye grass having long bristling awns. Synonym: Elymus caput-medusae.

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... on account of any real serpents, but according to the Greeks from [496]Medusa's head, which was brought hither by Perseus. By this is meant the serpent Deity, whose worship was here introduced by people called Peresians. Medusa's head denoted divine wisdom: and the island was sacred to the serpent as ...

— A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) • Jacob Bryant

Words linked to "Medusa's head" : wild rye, spurge, genus Euphorbia, Euphorbia, Elymus caput-medusae