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snap·dragon (-drag′ən)
noun
- 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
Etymology: in allusion to a fire-breathing dragon
Historical- a game in which raisins or the like are snatched from a bowl of burning brandy
- that which is so snatched
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