The Collaborative International Dictionary
elephant-tusk \elephant-tusk\ n. an annual of the southern U.S. and Mexico ( Proboscidea louisianica) having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak.
Syn: common unicorn plant, devil's claw, common devil's claw, proboscis flower, ram's horn, Proboscidea louisianica.
WordNet
n. annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak [syn: common unicorn plant, devil's claw, common devil's claw, proboscis flower, ram's horn, Proboscidea louisianica]
Usage examples of "elephant-tusk".
But their art was much more limited, although several of them wore strings of the beads he had spotted around the little girl's neck, beads that turned out to be made of elephant-tusk ivory.