wild snapdragon

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Noun1.wild snapdragon - common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowerswild snapdragon - common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America
butter-and-eggs, devil's flax, Linaria vulgaris, toadflax
flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
genus Linaria, Linaria - genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers: spurred snapdragon
blue toadflax, Linaria canadensis, old-field toadflax - North American plant having racemes of blue-violet flowers
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The source for his shape was a careful study of the wild snapdragon. His adaptations of natural forms have an affinity with Art Nouveau as his figures echo Realism and his Medievalism the Arts and Crafts movement.
McWilliam, Neil. Monumental Intolerance: Jean Baffier, a Nationalist Sculptor in Fin-de-Siecle France
The researchers succeeded in tracking down the mixta gene because when they bred mixta snapdragons with wild snapdragons, they first obtained petals with both flat and pointed cells that corresponded to dull and bright coloration.
Gene controls cell shape, floral brilliance
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