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/flap"drag'euhn/, n.1. an old game in which the players snatch raisins, plums, etc., out of burning brandy, and eat them.2. the object so caught and eaten.[1580-90; FLAP + DRAGON]
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A majus — Snapdragon Snap drag on, n. 1. (Bot.) (a) Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus {Antirrhinum}, especially the cultivated {A. majus}, whose showy flowers are fancifully likened to the face of a dragon. (b) A West Indian herb ({Ruellia… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ruellia tuberosa — Snapdragon Snap drag on, n. 1. (Bot.) (a) Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus {Antirrhinum}, especially the cultivated {A. majus}, whose showy flowers are fancifully likened to the face of a dragon. (b) A West Indian herb ({Ruellia… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Snapdragon — Snap drag on, n. 1. (Bot.) (a) Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus {Antirrhinum}, especially the cultivated {A. majus}, whose showy flowers are fancifully likened to the face of a dragon. (b) A West Indian herb ({Ruellia tuberosa}) with… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
snapdragon — /snap drag euhn/, n. 1. 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. 2. flapdragon. [1565 75;… … Universalium
