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GENUS ANTIRRHINUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of herbs of the family Scrophulariaceae with brightly colored irregular flowers
Synonyms:
Antirrhinum; genus Antirrhinum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Antirrhinum" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Antirrhinum"):
snapdragon (a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragon)
Holonyms ("genus Antirrhinum" is a member of...):
family Scrophulariaceae; figwort family; foxglove family; Scrophulariaceae (a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales)
