'Antirrhinum majus' definitions:
Definition of 'Antirrhinum majus'
From: WordNet
noun
Perennial native to the Mediterranean but widely cultivated for its purple or pink flowers [syn: Mediterranean snapdragon, Antirrhinum majus]
Definition of 'Antirrhinum majus'
From: GCIDE
- Snapdragon \Snap"drag`on\, n.
- 1. (Bot.) (a) Any plant of the scrrophulariaceous genus Antirrhinum, especially the cultivated {Antirrhinum 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]