snapdragon

1. (countable) Any plant of the genus Antirrhinum, with showy yellow, white or red flowers.Examples: "[…]of kitchen-gardens, and straight herb-borders, and warm snap-dragon beset by bees;"; "Snapdragon leaves are asymmetrical with respect to dorsal-ventral surfaces (Fig. 6.6A)."; "2000, Margaret Roberts, Edible & Medicinal Flowers, New Africa Books (The Spearhead Press), page 72, The snapdragon is indigenous to Europe and has been a much loved garden plant since before the Middle Ages, when it was considered an antidote against witchcraft."Synonyms: dragon flowercountable

2. (uncountable) A game in which raisins are snatched from a vessel containing burning brandy, and eaten; the substance snatched and eaten during the playing of the game; the vessel used for the game.Examples: "He bore a ſtrange kind of Appetite to Snap-dragon, and to the livid Snuffs of a burning Candle, which he would catch and ſwallow with an Agility, wonderful to conceive; [...]"; ""And now for snap-dragon," said Marian. "Exactly as you predicted, Mr. Graham," said Madeline; "blind-man's buff at a quarter past three, and snap-dragon at five.""; "From the 16th to 19th centuries, no Christmas Eve celebration was complete without a hearty game of Snapdragon in the parlor."Synonyms: flapdragonuncountable