Definition of Genus Antirrhinum

1. Noun. A genus of herbs of the family Scrophulariaceae with brightly colored irregular flowers.

Exact synonyms: Antirrhinum
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Scrophulariaceae, Figwort Family, Foxglove Family, Scrophulariaceae
Member holonyms: Snapdragon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Antirrhinum

genus Anthemis
genus Antheraea
genus Anthericum
genus Antheropeas
genus Anthidium
genus Anthoceros
genus Anthonomus
genus Anthriscus
genus Anthurium
genus Anthus
genus Anthyllis
genus Antidorcas
genus Antigonia
genus Antilocapra
genus Antilope
genus Antirrhinum (current term)
genus Antrodemus
genus Antrozous
genus Aotus
genus Apatosaurus
genus Apatura
genus Aphis
genus Aphriza
genus Aphrophora
genus Aphyllanthes
genus Apios
genus Apis
genus Apium
genus Aplectrum
genus Aplodontia

Literary usage of Genus Antirrhinum

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

1. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1899)
"... that the progenitor of the genus Antirrhinum must at some remote epoch have included live stamens and borne flowers in some degree resembling those now ..."

2. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication by Charles Darwin (1887)
"Hence it appears to me probable that the progenitor of the genus Antirrhinum must at some remote epoch have included five stamens and ..."

3. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1920)
"(On self-sterility and crossing experiments with a self-ferule and self-sterile species In the genus Antirrhinum.] Zeitschr. indukt. ..."

4. Gardening for Ladies: And Companion to the Flower-garden by Loudon (Jane), Andrew Jackson Downing (1843)
"Several of the Kinds have been removed from the genus Antirrhinum (Snapdragon) to which they are very nearly allied. LI'NUM. ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... Plumeria rubra and Cecropia peltata, are also called snake- wood. SNAKES. See SERPENTS. SNAP-DRAGON, cultivated species of the genus Antirrhinum ..."

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