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Definition of Antirrhinum majus
1. Noun. Perennial native to the Mediterranean but widely cultivated for its purple or pink flowers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antirrhinum Majus
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 ..."