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[syn: Mediterranean snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Snapdragon \Snap"drag`on\, n.
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Antirrhinum majus
n 1: perennial native to the Mediterranean but widely cultivated
for its purple or pink flowers [syn: Mediterranean
snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus]