leeuwenbek
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Etymology[edit]
From leeuw (“lion”) + -en- + bek (“animal's mouth”). The flowers can with some imagination be said to resemble a lion's gaping mouth, particularly when gently squeezed on the sides so that it opens up further. Compare German Löwenmaul (literally “lion's mouth”) and the etymology at English snapdragon.
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Noun[edit]
leeuwenbek m (plural leeuwenbekken, diminutive leeuwenbekje n)
- A lion's mouth
- A snapdragon (any plant of the genus Antirrhinum); also used to refer to some other plants of the family Plantaginaceae with similar flowers
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Further reading[edit]
- leeuwenbek on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl