"snapdragon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsnæpdɹæɡən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snapdragon.wav [Southern-England] Forms: snapdragons [plural]
Etymology: (1570s) From snap + dragon, from a fancied resemblance, especially by playing children that the flower is a dragon that opens its "mouth" when squeezed on the sides. Compare for this sense the etymology of Dutch leeuwenbek (“snapdragon”, literally “lion's mouth”) and German Löwenmaul. An ancient name was Old English hundeshéafod (literally “dog's head”). For the parlour game sense, the 1704 Swift quotation is apparently the earliest appearance in print. Other animal-based names for the flower are common; compare Greek σκυλάκι (skyláki, literally “puppy”) and Finnish leijonankita (literally “lion's face”). Etymology templates: {{compound|en|snap|dragon}} snap + dragon, {{cog|nl|leeuwenbek|lit=lion's mouth|t=snapdragon}} Dutch leeuwenbek (“snapdragon”, literally “lion's mouth”), {{cog|de|Löwenmaul}} German Löwenmaul, {{noncog|ang|hundeshéafod|lit=dog's head}} Old English hundeshéafod (literally “dog's head”), {{noncog|el|σκυλάκι|lit=puppy}} Greek σκυλάκι (skyláki, literally “puppy”), {{noncog|fi|leijonankita|lit=lion's face}} Finnish leijonankita (literally “lion's face”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} snapdragon (countable and uncountable, plural snapdragons)
  1. (countable) Any plant of the genus Antirrhinum, with showy yellow, white or red flowers. Tags: countable Categories (lifeform): Flowers, Plantain family plants Synonyms (any plant of the genus Antirrhinum): dragon flower Translations (any plant of the genus Antirrhinum): ἀνάρρινον (anárrhinon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), أَنْف الْعِجْل (ʔanf al-ʕijl) [masculine] (Arabic), গুল ময়মন (gul moẏomon) (Bengali), кученце (kučence) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ကျားပါးစပ် (kya:pa:cap) (Burmese), 金魚草 (Chinese Mandarin), 金鱼草 (jīnyúcǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), hledík [masculine] (Czech), løvemund [common-gender] (Danish), leeuwenbek [masculine] (Dutch), antirino (Esperanto), leonfaŭko (Esperanto), lupfaŭko (Esperanto), lõvilõug (Estonian), leijonankita (Finnish), gueule-de-loup [feminine] (French), Löwenmäulchen [neuter] (German), Löwenmäuler [neuter, plural] (German), σκυλάκι (skyláki) [neuter] (Greek), לֹעַ הָאֲרִי (ló'a ha'arí) [masculine] (Hebrew), oroszlánszáj (Hungarian), tátika (Hungarian), Leebmeilche [neuter] (Hunsrik), antairíneam [masculine] (Irish), bocca di leone [feminine] (Italian), есінек (esınek) (Kazakh), žioveinis (Lithuanian), зја́јка (zjájka) [feminine] (Macedonian), зе́јка (zéjka) [feminine] (Macedonian), shį́náldzidí (Navajo), dgeule-dé-lion [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), hundeshéafod (Old English), گل میمون (Persian), lwia paszcza [feminine] (Polish), wyżlin [masculine] (Polish), boca-de-leão [feminine] (Portuguese), boca-de-lobo [feminine] (Portuguese), antirrino [masculine] (Portuguese), erva-bezerra [feminine] (Portuguese), gura-leului [feminine] (Romanian), льви́ный зев (lʹvínyj zev) [masculine] (Russian), boca de dragón [feminine] (Spanish), lejongap [neuter] (Swedish), aslanağzı (Turkish), trwyn y llo [masculine] (Welsh), safn y llew (Welsh), ceg fy nain [feminine] (Welsh), pen ci bach [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-snapdragon-en-noun-OVhyhHPV Disambiguation of Flowers: 75 25 Disambiguation of Plantain family plants: 78 22 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 62 38 Disambiguation of 'any plant of the genus Antirrhinum': 95 5 Disambiguation of 'any plant of the genus Antirrhinum': 95 5
  2. (uncountable) 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. Tags: uncountable Synonyms (game): flapdragon
    Sense id: en-snapdragon-en-noun-DiP50lbC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'game': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: snap dragon, snap-dragon Derived forms: common snapdragon, snapdragon double

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          "word": "žioveinis"
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          "ref": "1862, Anthony Trollope, Orley Farm, Chapman and Hall, published 1868, page 159",
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          "ref": "2014, Stephanie Barron, On Hosting Your Regency-Era Christmas Party, Soho Press, page 13",
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