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Definition: 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 tuberosa) with curiously
shaped blue flowers.
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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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