snapdragon Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragon

WordNet

Snap"drag`on noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) (a) Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus Antirrhinum, especially the cultivated A. majus, whose showy flowers are fancifully likened to the face of a dragon. (b) A West Indian herb (Ruellia tuberosa) with curiously shaped blue flowers.
  2. A play in which raisins are snatched from a vessel containing burning brandy, and eaten; also, that which is so eaten. See Flapdragon. Swift.

Webster 1913