Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
elephant-tusk is a noun meaning "annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak". It carries one recorded sense.
annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for elephant-tusk come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.