BARON VON ROCHUS LILIENCRON
\bˈaɹən vˈɒn ɹˈɒt͡ʃəs lˈɪli͡əŋkɹˌɒn], \bˈaɹən vˈɒn ɹˈɒtʃəs lˈɪliəŋkɹˌɒn], \b_ˈa_ɹ_ə_n v_ˈɒ_n ɹ_ˈɒ_tʃ_ə_s l_ˈɪ_l_iə_ŋ_k_ɹ_ˌɒ_n]\
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A German philologist; born at Plon in Holstein, Dec. 8, 1820. He is author of "Runic Writing" (1852); "Songs and Sayings from the Latest Period of the Minnesingers" (1855); "Historic Popular Ballads of Germany from the 13th to the 16th Century" (4 vols., 1864-69); "German Life in the Folk-Song of the 16th Century".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.