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Webster 1913 Edition
Snapdragon
Snap′dragˊon
,Noun.
1.
(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. 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.