Definition of Antirrhinum majus

1. Noun. Perennial native to the Mediterranean but widely cultivated for its purple or pink flowers.

Exact synonyms: Mediterranean Snapdragon
Generic synonyms: Snapdragon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antirrhinum Majus

Antiochan
Antiochans
Antiochene
Antiochenes
Antiochian
Antiochians
Antiochus
Antioquenian
Antioquenians
Antipodes
Antiquity
Antirion
Antirrhinum
Antirrhinum coulterianum
Antirrhinum filipes
Antirrhinum majus
Antirrio
Antirrion
Antivert
Antlia
Antofagasta
Antoine
Antoine Domino
Antoine Henri Becquerel
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu
Antoine Lavoisier
Antoinette
Anton
Anton's syndrome

Literary usage of Antirrhinum majus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Popular field botany: Containing a Familiar and Technical Description of the by Agnes Catlow (1848)
"antirrhinum majus. Great Snap-dragon. Flowers very large, generally purplish reel, but often whitish, making it a conspicuous object on old walls and in ..."

2. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation: Lectures Delivered at the by Hugo de Vries (1905)
"As such I have chosen the common snapdragon of the gardens, antirrhinum majus. It has many striped varieties, some tall, others of middle height, ..."

3. Transposable Elements in Plants: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and Bibliography by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"This trans-activation assay allowed us to establish that, in contrast to what has been detected in antirrhinum majus, a periodical temperature shift down to ..."

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