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    GENUS ANTIRRHINUM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

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

    Synonyms:

    Antirrhinum; genus Antirrhinum

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Antirrhinum"):

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

    Holonyms ("genus 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)

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