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calves'-snout, calf's-|ˈkɑːvzsnaʊt, ˈkɑːfs-| [f. calf1, calves + snout.] An old name of antirrhinum or Snapdragon; esp. of A. Orontium or Small Snap-dragon.
1548Turner Names of Herbes s.v. Antirrhinon, Plinies antirrhinon..maye be called in englishe calfe snoute. 1551― Herbal i. D ij b, Yellow Calfys snowte. 1629Parkinson Paradisi in Sole xlv. 270 In English Calues snout from the form of the seede vessels, and Snap-dragon, or Lyons mouth from the forme of the flowers. 1845Penny Cycl. Supp. I. 125/2 A. Orontium..or Calves'-snout, occurs in dry sandy and gravelly soils. |