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niggerhead🔊

(nautical, dated, now offensive) A bollard made from an old cannon.

(geology, archaic, colloquial, now offensive) A geode.

(now offensive) A coneflower.

(now offensive) A coral or stone outcrop that stands above the surface of the water.

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Landward is the almost unbroken wall of submerged reefs where the big niggerhead corals send their solid bulks up to within a fathom or two of the surface.

(US, Alaska, dated, now offensive) A tussock (clump of plant material), found on the tundra.

(archaic) A strong black variety of chewing tobacco, usually in twisted plug form.

(vulgar, ethnic slur, offensive, derogatory) A term of abuse for a black person.

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