snapdragon
n.
garden plant, 1570s, from snap, n. + dragon. So called from fancied resemblance of antirrhinum flowers to a dragon's mouth. As the name of a Christmas game of plucking raisins from burning brandy and eating them alight, from 1704.
| 词汇 | snapdragon |
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary snapdragon n. garden plant, 1570s, from snap, n. + dragon. So called from fancied resemblance of antirrhinum flowers to a dragon's mouth. As the name of a Christmas game of plucking raisins from burning brandy and eating them alight, from 1704. |
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