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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

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