Snāke'-hēad, n.

n. 1. One end of one of the flat or strap-rails upon which car-wheels run, sometimes used in constructing railroads, which, becoming loose, and rising, sometimes forces its way into the cars. [U. S.] 2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Chelone (C. glabra); shell flower;—so called from its flowers, which, in form, bear some resemblance to the head of a snake. Gray.