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Linaria

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n.1.A genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers: spurred snapdragon.
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Noun1.Linaria - genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers: spurred snapdragonLinaria - genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers: spurred snapdragon
genus Linaria
asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
family Scrophulariaceae, figwort family, foxglove family, Scrophulariaceae - a family of dicotyledonous plants of the order Polemoniales; includes figwort and snapdragon and foxglove and toadflax and speedwell and mullein; in some classifications placed in the order Scrophulariales
butter-and-eggs, devil's flax, Linaria vulgaris, toadflax, wild snapdragon - common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America
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The Coliseum Ivy is a species of Snap-dragon, as may be seen from an examination of the flowers, and a very pretty plant it is; botanically it is Linaria Cymbalaria.
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