Pl. -s. [a. L., a. Gr. ἀντίρρῑνον (also ἀνάρρῑνον), f. ἀντί opposite, counterfeiting + ῥιν-, (ῥίς) nose; from its resemblance to an animal’s mouth.] A genus of Scrophulariaceous plants, also called Snapdragon.
1551. Turner, Herbal (1568), 36. Antirrhinum is an herbe like vnto pympernel.
1727. Bradley, Fam. Dict., s.v. Flower, Sow Antirrhinum, or you may set it.
1741. Compl. Fam.-Piece, II. iii. 386. Antirrhinum or Calves-snout.
1879. Lubbock, Sci. Lect., i. 20. The Antirrhinum is especially adapted for fertilisation by humble-bees.
