Snapdragon \Snap"drag`on\, n.
1. (Bot.)
(a) Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus
{Antirrhinum}, especially the cultivated {Antirrhinum
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.
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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.
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