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Snapdragon

noun

A garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragon.

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Mediterranean snapdragon

white snapdragon

wild snapdragon

yellow twining snapdragon

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"Snapdragon" Quotes from Famous Books

... forward to his hostess, he could make out still further wonders of color; for in the balconies outside, in the full glare of the sun, were geraniums, and lobelias, and golden calceolarias, and red snapdragon, their bright hues faintly tempered by the thin curtains through which they were seen. He could not help expressing his admiration of these things that were so new to him, for it seemed to him that he had come into a land of perpetual summer and sunshine ...

— Macleod of Dare • William Black

... with mauve-grey flowers, and the comfrey, both purple and white. The dewberry, a blue-coloured more luscious bramble fruit, and tiny wild roses, grow on the marl-face also. At its foot are the two most beautiful flowers, though not the most effective, the small yellow snapdragon, or toad-flax, and the forget-me-not. This blue of the forget-me-nots is as peculiar as it is beautiful. It is not a common blue by any means, any more than the azure of the chalk-blue butterflies is common among other insects. Colour is a very constant feature in certain groups of flowers. One of ...

— The Naturalist on the Thames • C. J. Cornish

... lady who had been horned by a large insect known as a snapdragon, he laughed loudly and closed the book ...

— The Light in the Clearing • Irving Bacheller

Words linked to "Snapdragon" : Antirrhinum majus, Antirrhinum coulterianum, white snapdragon, yellow twining snapdragon, flower, Antirrhinum, Antirrhinum filipes, genus Antirrhinum