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- [snap-drag-uh n]
- /ˈsnæpˌdræg ən/
- /ˈsnæpˌdræɡ.ən/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [snap-drag-uh n]
- /ˈsnæpˌdræg ən/
Definitions of snapdragon word
- noun snapdragon any plant belonging to the genus Antirrhinum, of the figwort family, especially A. majus, cultivated for its spikes of showy flowers, each having a corolla supposed to resemble the mouth of a dragon. 1
- noun snapdragon flapdragon. 1
- noun snapdragon plant: wallflower 1
- countable noun snapdragon A snapdragon is a common garden plant with small colourful flowers that can open and shut like a mouth. 0
- noun snapdragon any of several scrophulariaceous chiefly Old World plants of the genus Antirrhinum, esp A. majus, of the Mediterranean region, having spikes of showy white, yellow, pink, red, or purplish flowers 0
- noun snapdragon any of a genus (Antirrhinum) of perennial plants of the figwort family, with showy white, yellow, red, or purplish flowers; esp., a common garden species (A. majus) with white, purple, crimson, etc., saclike, two-lipped, closed flowers 0
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Origin of snapdragon
First appearance:
before 1565 One of the 32% oldest English words
First recorded in 1565-75; snap + dragon
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Parts of speech for Snapdragon
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
snapdragon popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
snapdragon usage trend in Literature
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