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A genus of herbs of the family Scrophulariaceae with brightly colored irregular flowers
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antirrhinum
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n. Any plant of the genus ''Antirrhinum'' of snapdragons.
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Antirrhinum is a genus of plants commonly known as dragon flowers or snapdragons because of the flowers' fancied resemblance to the face of a dragon that opens and closes its mouth when laterally squeezed. They are native to rocky areas of Europe, the United ...
Usage examples of antirrhinum.
Miss Marple sighed, looked again with annoyance at the antirrhinums, saw several weeds which she yearned to root up, one or two exuberant suckers she would like to attack with her secateurs, and finally, sighing, and manfully resisting temptation, she made a detour round by the lane and returned to her house.
Harte fervently and proceeded without any more ado to create havoc amongst the antirrhinums planted thickly in the bed along the wall of the house.
Miss Marple sighed, looked again with annoyance at the antirrhinums, saw several weeds which she yearned to root up, one or two exuberant suckers she would like to attack with her secateurs, and finally, sighing, and manfully resisting temptation, she made a detour round by the lane and returned to her house.
Really, she had told olct George again and again that she only wanted sulphur-coloured antirrhinums, zot that rather ugly purple shade that gardeners always seemed so fond of.