- snapdragon
- snapdragon [snap′drag΄ən]n.[ SNAP + DRAGON: from the mouth-shaped flowers]1. any of a genus (Antirrhinum) of perennial plants of the figwort family, with showy white, yellow, red, or purplish flowers; esp., a common garden species ( A. majus) with white, purple, crimson, etc., saclike, two-lipped, closed flowers) with white, purple, crimson, etc., saclike, two-lipped, closed flowers2. [in allusion to a fire-breathing dragon] Historicala) a game in which raisins or the like are snatched from a bowl of burning brandyb) that which is so snatched
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.