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Antirrhinum majus
(gcide) | Snapdragon \Snap"drag`on\, n.
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. A play in which raisins are snatched from a vessel
containing burning brandy, and eaten; also, that which is
so eaten. See Flapdragon. --Swift.
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antirrhinum majus
(wn) | Antirrhinum majus
n 1: perennial native to the Mediterranean but widely cultivated
for its purple or pink flowers [syn: {Mediterranean
snapdragon}, Antirrhinum majus] |
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antirrhinum majus
(wn) | Antirrhinum majus
n 1: perennial native to the Mediterranean but widely cultivated
for its purple or pink flowers [syn: {Mediterranean
snapdragon}, Antirrhinum majus] |
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