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snapdragon
(encz) | snapdragon,hledík větší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Snapdragon
(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.
[1913 Webster] |
snapdragon
(wn) | snapdragon
n 1: a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white
or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a
dragon |
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snapdragon
(encz) | snapdragon,hledík větší adj: Zdeněk Brož |
white snapdragon
(encz) | white snapdragon, n: |
wild snapdragon
(encz) | wild snapdragon, n: |
yellow twining snapdragon
(encz) | yellow twining snapdragon, n: |
mediterranean snapdragon
(wn) | Mediterranean snapdragon
n 1: perennial native to the Mediterranean but widely cultivated
for its purple or pink flowers [syn: {Mediterranean
snapdragon}, Antirrhinum majus] |
snapdragon
(wn) | snapdragon
n 1: a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white
or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a
dragon |
white snapdragon
(wn) | white snapdragon
n 1: California plant with slender racemes of white flowers
[syn: white snapdragon, Antirrhinum coulterianum] |
wild snapdragon
(wn) | wild snapdragon
n 1: common European perennial having showy yellow and orange
flowers; a naturalized weed in North America [syn:
toadflax, butter-and-eggs, wild snapdragon, {devil's
flax}, Linaria vulgaris] |
yellow twining snapdragon
(wn) | yellow twining snapdragon
n 1: southwestern United States plant with yellow flowers on
stems that twist and twine through other vegetation [syn:
yellow twining snapdragon, Antirrhinum filipes] |
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