antirrhinum
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antirrhinum /ˌantɪˈrʌɪnəm/
▶noun (pl. antirrhinums) a plant of a genus that includes the snapdragon. [Genus Antirrhinum.]
– origin from L., from Gk antirrhinon, from anti- ‘counterfeiting’ + rhis, rhin- ‘nose’, from the resemblance of the flower to an animal's snout.
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