Snapdragon

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  snapdragon
       n : a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white
           or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a
           dragon