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Webster 1913 Edition

Snapdragon

Snap′dragˊon

,

Noun.

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.

2.

A play in which raisins are snatched from a vessel containing burning brandy, and eaten; also, that which is so eaten. See

.

Swift.

Definition 2024

snapdragon

snapdragon

English

Antirrhinum majus

Noun

snapdragon ‎(plural snapdragons)

Any plant of the genus Antirrhinum, with showy yellow, white or red flowers.
A game in which raisins are snatched from a vessel containing burning brandy, and eaten.
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Translations

any plant of the genus Antirrhinum

Burmese: ကျားပါးစပ် (my) ‎(kya:pa:cap)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 金魚草, 金鱼草 ‎(jīnyúcǎo)
Danish: løvemund c
Dutch: leeuwenbek m
Esperanto: leonfaŭko
Finnish: leijonankita
French: gueule-de-loup (fr) f
German: Löwenmäulchen (de) n, Löwenmäuler (de) n pl
Greek: σκυλάκι (el) n ‎(skyláki)
Hebrew: לוע הארי m
Hungarian: oroszlánszáj, tátika
Italian: bocca di leone f

Norman: dgeule-dé-lion f
Lithuanian: žioveinis ?
Macedonian: зјајка f ‎(zjájka), зејка f ‎(zéjka)
Navajo: shį́náldzidí
Old English: hundeshéafod
Persian: گل میمون
Polish: lwia paszcza f
Portuguese: boca-de-leão (pt) f, boca-de-lobo f, antirrino m, erva-bezerra f
Romanian: gura-leului (ro) f
Russian: льви́ный зев m ‎(lʹvínyj zev)
Spanish: boca de dragón (es) f
Swedish: lejongap n
Turkish: aslanağzı (tr)
Welsh: trwyn y llo m, safn y llew, ceg fy nain f, pen ci bach m

External links

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