Meaning of SNAPDRAGON
| Pronunciation: | | 'snap`dragun
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| | Definition: | | [n] a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragon |
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| | See Also: | | Antirrhinum, Antirrhinum coulterianum, Antirrhinum filipes, Antirrhinum majus, flower, genus Antirrhinum, Mediterranean snapdragon, white snapdragon, yellow twining snapdragon | |
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| | Definition: | | Snapdragon
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| | Definition: | | \Snap"drag`on\, n.
1. (Bot.)
(a) Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus
{Antirrhinum}, especially the cultivated {A. majus},
whose showy flowers are fancifully likened to the face
of a dragon.
(b) A West Indian herb ({Ruellia tuberosa}) with curiously
shaped blue flowers.
2. A play in which raisins are snatched from a vessel
containing burning brandy, and eaten; also, that which is
so eaten. See {Flapdragon}. --Swift.
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