also: きんぎょそう
snapdragon
Common garden flower, Antirrhinum majus. The name comes from the resemblance of the flower to a goldfish (金魚).
Snapdragons are blooming in the garden.
Snapdragons are popular in spring flower beds.
Hiragana variant, also common.
Kanji spelling is rare; the plant name is almost always written in kana.
From the resemblance of the flower to a goldfish (金魚). The exact origin of the Japanese name is uncertain, but it is a direct calque or translation of the visual similarity.