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HEXENBESEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hexenbesen mean?
• HEXENBESEN (noun)
The noun HEXENBESEN has 1 sense:
1. an abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance
Familiarity information: HEXENBESEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
hexenbesen; staghead; witch broom; witches' broom
Hypernyms ("hexenbesen" is a kind of...):
tuft; tussock (a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass)
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