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snapdragon |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Snapdragon \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: snapdragon 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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