genus Linaria

Thesaurus

Noun

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genus Linaria - genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers: spurred snapdragon 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