Snapdragon

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus Antirrhinum, especially the cultivated A. majus, whose showy flowers are fancifully likened to the face of a dragon.

2. A West Indian herb (Ruellia tuberosa) with curiously shaped blue flowers.

3. A play in which raisins are snatched from a vessel containing burning brandy, and eaten; also, that which is so eaten. See Flapdragon. Swift.