Snapdragon Definition

snăpdrăgən
snapdragons
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.
Webster's New World
A game in which raisins or the like are snatched from a bowl of burning brandy.
Webster's New World
That which is so snatched.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Snapdragon

Noun

Singular:
snapdragon
Plural:
snapdragons

Origin of Snapdragon

  • From the imagined resemblance of the flowers to the mouth of a dragon

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • snap +"Ž dragon

    From Wiktionary

Snapdragon Sentence Examples

  • Both sites had new species including water chickweed, common toadflax, snapdragon, common hemp nettle, dwarf mallow and greater knapweed.

  • We have identified homologues of the gene CYCLOIDEA that has been shown to be involved in setting floral symmetry in snapdragon flowers.

  • Say hello to ' Snap ', our famous snapdragon, who was once part of the Norwich's historic pageantry.

  • Real pink snapdragon flowers are naturally cooler than purple ones, so to start with the fake flowers followed the same pattern.

  • Snapdragons are available in a wide range of sizes and colors ranging from dwarf snapdragon plants only inches tall to towering garden monsters that need staking to remain upright.

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