antirrhinum majus

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   perennial native to the Mediterranean but widely cultivated for its purple or pink flowers

   SynonymsMediterranean snapdragon

   Broadersnapdragon

Questions about antirrhinum majus

What does antirrhinum majus mean?

antirrhinum majus means "perennial native to the Mediterranean but widely cultivated for its purple or pink flowers".

What is another word for antirrhinum majus?

Close synonyms include Mediterranean snapdragon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is antirrhinum majus a common word?

antirrhinum majus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.