antirrhinum

/ ˌæntɪˈraɪnəm /

noun

1. any scrophulariaceous plant of the genus Antirrhinum, esp the snapdragon, which have two-lipped flowers of various colours

Word History and Origins

Origin of antirrhinum¹

C16: via Latin from Greek antirrhinon, from anti- (imitating) + rhis nose; so called from a fancied likeness to an animal's snout

Example Sentences

Flowers.—Blue; in terminal racemes; like those of Antirrhinum, but the tube furnished with a long, downward-pointing spur at base.

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In Valeriana, Antirrhinum and Corydalis, the spur is very short, and the corolla or petal is said to be gibbous, or saccate, at the base.

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But flowers furnished with only a few stamens, and others which are asymmetrical in structure, sometimes become double, as we see with the double gorse or Ulex, Petunia, and Antirrhinum.

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The Antirrhinum is, so to speak, a closed box, of which the Humble Bees alone possess the key.

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The phenomenon is not confined to woody plants, but has been met with in chicory, in Antirrhinum, and other herbaceous species.

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