NOUN | plant | snapdragon | 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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Sounds | snae'pdrae.gahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
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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Member of | Antirrhinum, genus Antirrhinum | A genus of herbs of the family Scrophulariaceae with brightly colored irregular flowers |
Narrower | Mediterranean snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus | perennial native to the Mediterranean but widely cultivated for its purple or pink flowers |
white snapdragon, Antirrhinum coulterianum | California plant with slender racemes of white flowers | |
yellow twining snapdragon, Antirrhinum filipes | southwestern United States plant with yellow flowers on stems that twist and twine through other vegetation | |
Broader | flower | A plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms |
Spanish | boca de dragón, dragón | |
Catalan | boca de dragó, conillets, vedells |
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