Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of herbs, rarely shrubs, of the order Scrophularineæ and tribe Antirrhineæ, characterized by a spurred corolla with a prominent palate, and stamens in which the anther-cells are distinct; toad-flax.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers: spurred snapdragon.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers: spurred snapdragon
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Examples
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Four strictly protected species, all national endemics, occur: Linaria tursica (VU), Micropyropsis tuberosa (VU), Gaudinia hispanica (VU), and Vulpia fontquerana (EN).
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About 2,000 vascular plant species, of which between 10 to 20% are endemics – i.e. Genista berberidea, Aquilegia discolor, Armeria maritima, A. Pubigera, Cytisus ingramii, Linaria faucicola, Petrocoptis viscosa, P. grandiflora.
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_Linaria_, _Viola_, &c., while in cases of synanthy suppression of some of the parts of the flower, and specially of the stamens, is of very common occurrence.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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Verbascum, Euphorbia linearifolia, Linaria ditto, Mentha: no change in water plants, or in those of the sward, Chenopod.faemin. villos, coarse grass, No. 998, common; the chief new feature is _Ruwash_, the dead red leaves of which are abundant.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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It would be very interesting if some competent naturalist would collect information as to whether any variations in degree of fertility exist in the three forms of flowers in _Linaria_, viz. the ordinary one-spurred form, which is intermediate between the spur-less and the five-spurred form.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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The terraces here are fronted with stones: Lemna occurred in water; Linaria on rocks; Conaria and a fleshy Euphorbia, this last, about villages.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Linaria common on old pagodas; Calanchoe, Sedum, Pommereulla, Vinca rosea, Tectona Hamiltoniana, but not of such size as at Male.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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The mountains continued the same in the gorge, until we came to limestone cliffs, which afforded a peculiar vegetation, Linaria retephioides,
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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= Clarkia elegans; = Dimorphotheca; = Gypsophila elegans =; Linaria;
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons
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We were encamped close to the cliffy termination of a limestone range, in which Linaria, Trichodesma, Cynoglossum, Ruwash, Labiata, and a most singular Telepheoid polygalous looking plant were found.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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