snapdragon
IPA: snˈæpdrægʌn
noun
- (countable) Any plant of the genus Antirrhinum, with showy yellow, white or red flowers.
- (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.
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Examples of "snapdragon" in Sentences
- They bloom in attractive snapdragon like flowers.
- It is in the same family as snapdragon and figwort.
- Casa de Snapdragon is not a vanity, or self publisher.
- Today, I decided to eat a petal from a snapdragon flower.
- This research led to new varieties of snapdragons and zinnia.
- It does not cling or climb like some other snapdragon species.
- The colors were yellow and white; the flower was the snapdragon.
- The flowers are purple, diminutive, bilateral and snapdragon like.
- The flowers are very small, similar in shape to snapdragon flowers.
- You think that having a snapdragon is a requirement for a smart-phone.
- The flower at the tip is a dark veined purple snapdragon over a centimeter wide.
- Instead, I open and close the mouth of a yellow snapdragon, pretending it can talk.
- Some cold weather annuals are still available such as snapdragon, sweet pea, iceland poppy, pansy, candytuft, and more.
- What until twenty years ago was universally called a snapdragon is now called an antirrhinum, a word no one can spell without consulting a dictionary.
- NEW Qualcomm processor (not the now classic 'snapdragon') that runs very efficiently meaning longer batter life - runs considerably cooler - and has already demoed beautifully.
- And once again here she felt that luck waited on merit, for though when she dressed that evening she found she had not anticipated that artificial light would cast a somewhat pale (though not ghastly) reflection from the vibrant blue on to her features, similar in effect to (but not so marked as) the light that shines on the faces of those who lean over the burning brandy and raisins of "snapdragon," this interesting pallor seemed very aptly to bear witness to all that she had gone through.