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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Snapdragon

/snăp'-drăgˌ-ən/ · Snap·drag·on · IPA /ˈsnæpdɹæɡən/
01 n. Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus Antirrhinum, especially the cultivated Antirrhinum majus, whose showy flowers are fancifully like…
  1. 1.
    Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus Antirrhinum, especially the cultivated Antirrhinum majus, whose showy flowers are fancifully likened to the face of a dragon.(Bot.)
  2. 2.
    A play in which raisins are snatched from a vessel containing burning brandy, and eaten; also, that which is so eaten. See Flapdragon. See: Flapdragon