leeuwenbek

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. (literally, masculine) a lion's mouth
2. (masculine) a snapdragon (any plant of the genus Antirrhinum); also used to refer to some other plants of the family Plantaginaceae with similar flowers

Konzepte

Löwenmaul

Löwenmäulchen

Löwenmäuler

Übersetzungen

snapdragon

gueule-de-loup

bocca di leone

muflier

boca de dragón

aslanağzı

boca-de-leão

erva-bezerra

boca-de-lobo

antirrino

Antirrhinum

gueule de loup

antirrino

antirrhinon

σκυλάκι

Etymologie (Englisch)

Verwandt mit Deutsch: Löwenmaul

In summary

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.