Ironheads

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ironheads \I"ron*heads`\, n. (Bot.)
     A European composite herb ({Centaurea nigra}); -- so called
     from the resemblance of its knobbed head to an iron ball
     fixed on a long handle. --Dr. Prior.
     [1913 Webster]