snapdragons

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Now the public can enjoy the splendour of Ms Pappas 'hard work of planting roses, snapdragons, agapanthus, lilly pilly, among many more, while sitting back and sipping on coffee and nibbling into cake.

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  1. noun Any of several plants of the genus Antirrhinum, especially the widely cultivated Mediterranean herb A. majus, having showy racemes of two-lipped, variously colored flowers.

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  • The flowers were snapdragons, and I didn't think anyone had ever sent me snapdragons. —  grave Surprise
  • The snapdragons, I knew those were his idea, and I did tell you then that he was the kind of man who noticed women, who knew how to please them. —  grave Surprise
  • Thus wild snapdragons were common enough, but potted ones rare and much prized. —  The Source of Magic
  • In one place clusters of rare and deeply crimsoned snapdragons, in another patches of aromatic thyme and wild strawberries keep up the charm of the place. —  RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LATE WILLIAM BECKFORD
  • The immense gardens are riotous with color—roses of a dozen hues, snapdragons, lavender, pansies, poppies. —  Autobiography of a Yogi
 

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