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SNAPDRAGON
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("snapdragon" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "snapdragon"):
Antirrhinum coulterianum; white snapdragon (California plant with slender racemes of white flowers)
Antirrhinum filipes; yellow twining snapdragon (southwestern United States plant with yellow flowers on stems that twist and twine through other vegetation)
Antirrhinum majus; Mediterranean snapdragon (perennial native to the Mediterranean but widely cultivated for its purple or pink flowers)
Holonyms ("snapdragon" is a member of...):
Antirrhinum; genus Antirrhinum (a genus of herbs of the family Scrophulariaceae with brightly colored irregular flowers)
