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snapdragon
[ snap-drag-uhn ]
noun
- any plant belonging to the genus Antirrhinum, of the figwort family, especially A. majus, cultivated for its spikes of showy flowers, each having a corolla supposed to resemble the mouth of a dragon.
snapdragon
/ ˈsnæpˌdræɡən /
noun
- any of several scrophulariaceous chiefly Old World plants of the genus Antirrhinum, esp A. majus, of the Mediterranean region, having spikes of showy white, yellow, pink, red, or purplish flowers Also calledantirrhinum
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Word History and Origins
Origin of snapdragon1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of snapdragon1
C16: so named because the flowers, which are claimed to look like a dragon's head, have a ``mouth'' which snaps shut if squeezed open and then released
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Antirrhinum, an-tir-rī′num, n. the genus of plants to which Snapdragon belongs.
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Snapdragon, scarlet and white, white and yellow, pure white; one and one-half feet; July and August.
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They promised mistletoe, snapdragon, and Sir Roger de Coverley.
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If you have a large glass fish-globe fill it with fresh water, and put in the snapdragon and wild carrot in a loose bouquet.
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The pink snapdragon is best to use for the lady's head and the orange-colored one for the lion's.
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