snapdragon

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snap•drag•on n. [countable]

Plant Biologya plant of the figwort family, grown for its spikes of showy flowers.

snap•drag•on n.

any plant belonging to the genus Antirrhinum, of the figwort family, esp. A. majus, cultivated for its spikes of showy flowers, each having a corolla supposed to resemble the mouth of a dragon.
flapdragon.

snap + dragon 1565–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

snapdragon / ˈsnæpˌdræɡən/

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

Etymology: 16th Century: 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

'snapdragon' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

antirrhinum - bilabiate - figwort family - personate - scrophulariaceous - snap

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