snapdragon

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Etymology

snap +‎ dragon

Noun

snapdragon (plural snapdragons)

1. Any plant of the genus Antirrhinum, with showy yellow, white or red flowers supposedly like the face of a dragon.
2. A game in which raisins are snatched from a vessel containing burning brandy, and eaten.

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Translations

any plant of the genus Antirrhinum

• Burmese: ကျားပါးစပ် (my) (kyá-ba-za')
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金魚草 (cmn), 金鱼草 (cmn) (jīnyúcǎo)

• Danish: løvemund (da) c
• Dutch: leeuwenbek m
• Esperanto: leonfaŭko
• Finnish: leijonankita
• French: gueule-de-loup (fr) f
• German: Löwenmäulchen n, Löwenmäuler n pl
• Hebrew: לוע הארי m
• Hungarian: oroszlánszáj (hu), tátika (hu)

• Italian: bocca di leone f
• Jèrriais: dgeule-dé-lion f
• Lithuanian: žioveinis
• Macedonian: зјајка (mk) (zjájka) f, зејка (mk) (zéjka) f
• Navajo: shį́náldzidí
• Persian: گل میمون
• Romanian: gura-leului (ro) f
• Russian: львиный зев (l’vínyj zev) m
• Spanish: boca de dragón (es) f
• Swedish: lejongap n
• Turkish: aslanağzı (tr)