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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 dragonplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SNAPDRAGON (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

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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