Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of herbs, natural order Scrophulariaceæ, natives of the warmer parts of the old world and North America.

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  • noun Any plant of the genus Antirrhinum of snapdragons.

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  • noun a genus of herbs of the family Scrophulariaceae with brightly colored irregular flowers

Etymologies

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From the genus name.

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Examples

  • "antirrhinum," coral red, salmon pink, white, dark maroon, and so on; tiny seeds scattered on the ground and sprinkled with a little sand, they come up by the hundred, and each seedling has to go into a pot before it goes into the ground.

    Penguin Persons & Peppermints Walter Prichard Eaton 1917

  • There was a book mark between the last pages she had read, a single pink antirrhinum pressed between a sheet of tissue.

    She Closed Her Eyes 2010

  • English flower names which were in use till very recently are being ousted by Greek ones, snap-dragon becoming antirrhinum, forget-me-not becoming myosotis, etc.

    Politics and the English Language 2002

  • An interesting illustration of this is the way in which the English flower names which were in use till very recently are being ousted by Greek ones, snapdragon becoming antirrhinum, forget-me-not becoming myosotis, etc.

    Politics and the English Language 1946

  • What until twenty years ago was universally called a snapdragon is now called an antirrhinum, a word no one can spell without consulting a dictionary.

    As I Please 1944

  • There is no need to descend to Godwottery, or even to know the difference between an aquilegia and an antirrhinum, in order to be enthralled by the ingenious and lovely permutations of shape, colour and texture – to say nothing of scent – which surround you.

    Try Anything Twice 1938

  • We sowed in faith and hope, not knowing what manner of thing an antirrhinum might be.

    A Padre in France George A. Birmingham 1907

  • As we rush hither and thither to gather them -- if we can -- their roots are veritable tentaculae, other lovely flowers are to be had in plenty, the beautiful deep-blue Pyrenean gentian, monk's-hood in rich purple blossom, rose-coloured antirrhinum, an exquisite little yellow sedum, with rare ferns.

    In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877

  • Greenery fills the open space, and wild antirrhinum and harebell brighten the grey walls.

    In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877

  • Thus in the snapdragon (antirrhinum) we generally do not find a rudiment of a fifth stamen; but this may sometimes be seen.

    On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life 1859

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