SOPHIE VERENA
\sˈə͡ʊfi vəɹˈiːnə], \sˈəʊfi vəɹˈiːnə], \s_ˈəʊ_f_i v_ə_ɹ_ˈiː_n_ə]\
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Pseudonym of Sophie Alberti, a German miscellaneous writer; born in Potsdam, Aug. 5, 1826; died there, Aug. 15, 1892. She wrote the popular novel "A Son of the South" (1859), and a collection of tales entitled "Old and New" (1879).
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.