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

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 Antirrhinum majus
      n : perennial native to the Mediterranean but widely cultivated
          for its purple or pink flowers [syn: {Mediterranean
          snapdragon]