SNAPDRAGON

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus Antirrhinum, especially the cultivated A. majus, whose showy flowers are fancifully likened to the face of a dragon.

2.
n.

A West Indian herb (Ruellia tuberosa) with curiously shaped blue flowers.

3.
n.

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


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