snapdragons

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Definition of snapdragons in English English dictionary: plural of snapdragon
snapdragon: Any plant of the genus Antirrhinum, with showy yellow, white or red flowers supposedly like the face of a dragon
snapdragon: {n} a kind of play, a kind of plant
Snapdragon: calvessnout
snapdragon: {i} any of a number of plants cultivated for their spikes of colorful flowers
snapdragon: Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus Antirrhinum, especially the cultivated A
snapdragon: A play in which raisins are snatched from a vessel containing burning brandy, and eaten; also, that which is so eaten
snapdragon: majus, whose showy flowers are fancifully likened to the face of a dragon
snapdragon: a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragon
snapdragon: A West Indian herb (Ruellia tuberosa) with curiously shaped blue flowers
snapdragon: A snapdragon is a common garden plant with small colourful flowers that can open and shut like a mouth. a garden plant with white, red, or yellow flowers (Because the flowers are thought to look like a dragon's mouth)

snapdragons

Turkish pronunciation

snäpdrägınz

/ˈsnapˌdragənz/ /ˈsnæpˌdræɡənz/

[ 'snap-"dra-g&n ] (noun.) 1593. from the fancied resemblance of the flowers to the face of a dragon.

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