ANTIRRHINUM


Meaning of ANTIRRHINUM in English

/ ˌæntɪˈraɪnəm; NAmE / noun

( technical ) a plant of the type that includes the snapdragon

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WORD ORIGIN

from Latin , from Greek antirrhinon , from anti- counterfeiting + rhis , rhin- nose, from the resemblance of the flower to an animal's snout.

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