Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
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.
Source : WordNet®
snapdragon
n : a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white
or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a
dragon