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noun

Snapdragon n.

(Bot.)

(a)

Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus Antirrhinum, especially the cultivated Antirrhinum 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.

A play in which raisins are snatched from a vessel containing burning brandy, and eaten; also, that which is so eaten. See Flapdragon.

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Etymology of 'Snapdragon'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Snapdragon" Quotes from Famous Books

... lace of the windows. But as he went forward to his hostess, he could make out still further wonders of color; for in the balconies outside, in the full glare of the sun, were geraniums, and lobelias, and golden calceolarias, and red snapdragon, their bright hues faintly tempered by the thin curtains through which they were seen. He could not help expressing his admiration of these things that were so new to him, for it seemed to him that he had come into a land of perpetual summer and sunshine and glowing flowers. Then the luxuriant ...

— Macleod of Dare • William Black

Words linked to "Snapdragon" : Mediterranean snapdragon, Antirrhinum, Antirrhinum coulterianum, flower, Antirrhinum filipes