snapdragon
    n 1: a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white
         or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a
         dragon

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.
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   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.
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