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Definition of Staghead
1. Noun. An abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Staghead
Literary usage of Staghead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine by William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone (1855)
"Its sole meaning, or poetry, lies in the antithetic allusions to the staghead (the
crest of the Seaforth tenantry), and the eagle (the crest of the Monro's) ..."
2. Pamphlets on Silviculture (1912)
"cases the top of the tree fails to produce foliage, and the characteristic staghead
effect is seen. (See Fig. 82.) We have observed elm trees 4 feet in ..."
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