Definitions for staghorn

staghorn stag·horn

Spelling: [stag-hawrn]
IPA: /ˈstægˌhɔrn/

Staghorn is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 404 anagrams from letters in staghorn (aghnorst).

Definitions for staghorn

noun

  1. a piece of a stag's antler, especially when used to form objects, decorations, or the like.
  2. staghorn coral.

adjective

  1. made of or decorated with staghorn:

Origin of staghorn

First recorded in 1655-65; stag + horn

Examples for staghorn

It is distinguished from staghorn sumach by its smooth branches, those of staghorn being hairy.

Captain staghorn was resolved to carry out his diabolical intentions.

This is a sub-variety of the staghorn Endive, and comparatively of recent introduction.

The staghorn is not to be confounded with its treacherous sister, the poison sumac, with her corpse-colored berries.

The staghorn sumach is named for the densely hairy, forking branchlets, which look much like the horns of a stag "in the velvet."

staghorn handle, ornamented bronze quillions and shell guard.

staghorn sumach (Rhus hirta) is of a different species but of the same genus.

The smooth sumach (see illustrations, pages 150-151) is quite as familiar as the staghorn, as a roadside shrub.

You see here the elk or staghorn fern, which grows as a parasite on the palm or the petosperum of New Zealand.

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