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SNAPDRAGON

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Dictionary entry overview: What does snapdragon mean?

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

1. a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragon

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

Dictionary entry details

• SNAPDRAGON (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

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Nouns denoting plants

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)

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SNAPDRAGON: related words searches

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