egelskop

 

From egel (“hedgehog”) +‎ -s- +‎ kop (“head”), referring to the hedgehog-like appearance of the inflorescence of some plants of this genus (see picture).

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egelskop m (plural egelskoppen, diminutive egelskopje n)

1. bur-reed (any plant of genus Sparganium)

•   egelskop on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl