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SNAPDRAGON

\snˈapdɹaɡən], \snˈapdɹaɡən], \s_n_ˈa_p_d_ɹ_a_ɡ_ə_n]\

Definitions of SNAPDRAGON

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A plant with a showy flower of curious shape.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

A plant, so called because the lower lip of the corolla when parted shuts with a snap like a dragon's jaw: a play in which raisins are snatched from burning brandy, also the raisins so taken.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Plant with a labiate corolla; a game.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A plant having flowers, likened to dragons heads.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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