snapdragon /ˈsnæpdɹæɡən/ noun2 •Any plant of the genus Antirrhinum, with showy yellow, white or red flowers.[…]of kitchen-gardens, and straight herb-borders, and warm snap-dragon beset by bees — 1908 •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.He bore a strange kind of Appetite to Snap-dragon, and to the livid Snuffs of a burning Candle, which he would catch and swallow with an Agility, wonderful to conceive; [...] — 1704 formssnapdragons