snap·drag·on (sn p drg  n)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.] |
snapdragon [ˈsnæpˌdrægən]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) 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 called antirrhinum
[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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| Noun | 1. |  snapdragon - a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragonflower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms Antirrhinum, genus Antirrhinum - a genus of herbs of the family Scrophulariaceae with brightly colored irregular flowers Antirrhinum coulterianum, white snapdragon - California plant with slender racemes of white flowers Antirrhinum filipes, yellow twining snapdragon - southwestern United States plant with yellow flowers on stems that twist and twine through other vegetation Antirrhinum majus, Mediterranean snapdragon - perennial native to the Mediterranean but widely cultivated for its purple or pink flowers |
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