ANTIRRHINUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Antirrhinum mean? 

• ANTIRRHINUM (noun)
  The noun ANTIRRHINUM has 1 sense:

1. a genus of herbs of the family Scrophulariaceae with brightly colored irregular flowers

  Familiarity information: ANTIRRHINUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTIRRHINUM (noun)

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Meaning:

A genus of herbs of the family Scrophulariaceae with brightly colored irregular flowers

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Antirrhinum; genus Antirrhinum

Hypernyms ("Antirrhinum" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Antirrhinum"):

snapdragon (a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragon)

Holonyms ("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)