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snap⋅drag⋅on

  [snap-drag-uhn]
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–noun
1. any plant belonging to the genus Antirrhinum, of the figwort family, esp. A. majus, cultivated for its spikes of showy flowers, each having a corolla supposed to resemble the mouth of a dragon.
2. flapdragon.
Origin:
1565–75; snap + dragon
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snap·drag·on   (snāp'drāg'ən)   
n.  Any of several plants of the genus Antirrhinum, especially the widely cultivated Mediterranean herb A. majus, having showy racemes of two-lipped, variously colored flowers.

[From the imagined resemblance of the flowers to the mouth of a dragon.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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snapdragon 
1573, from fancied resemblance of antirrhinum flowers to a dragon's mouth.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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