- 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.
[1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
