Category:Redhead

Red"head` (-hd`), n.

1. A person having red hair.

2. (zoöl.) (a) an american duck (aythya americana) highly esteemed as a game bird. It is closely allied to the canvasback, but is smaller and its head brighter red. Called also red-headed duck. American poachard, grayback, and fall duck. See illust. under poachard.

(b) the red-headed woodpecker. See woodpecker.

3. (bot.)

Defn: a kind of milkweed (asclepias curassavica) with red flowers. It Is used in medicine.