snapdragon
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈsnæpˌdræɡən/
:
boca de dragón
- During spring, I love to see the snapdragons lining the pathway with their unique dragon-like blooms.
But I grew tomatoes and Peppers, eggplant, snapdragons, straw flowers, sweet peas.
- But I grew tomatoes and Peppers, eggplant, snapdragons, straw flowers, sweet peas.
- But the thing that I really love the most of the things that she planted and put so much time and care and love into were the snapdragons.
Examples
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I've got some new snapdragons that need to be planted.
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Then came daisies with heather and an enormous basket of gladiolus, astromeria, and snapdragons.
Fiction book (1993) -
There they are snapdragons and violas that have seen better days.
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In honor of the new beginning, she buys flats of snapdragons and petunias and plants them in a sunny border.
Fiction book (1992) -
There was a profusion of petunias by the doorstep and a colony of snapdragons under the window.
Fiction book (1998) -
Louise admires the marigolds, snapdragons, and petunias in bloom.
Fiction book (1991) -
Marigolds, snapdragons, roses, blanket flowers, zinnias, sweet peas, any annual that has multiple blooms over the season.
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Gladioli, peonies still, sweet peas, snapdragons, and weedless rows of vegetables fill the gardens that border the road.
Fiction book (1995) -
In my garden, the snapdragons bloom in vibrant colors, attracting hummingbirds.
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The florist arranged a beautiful bouquet that included snapdragons and daisies.
Synonyms
A group of garden plants with bright, unusual flowers called snapdragons
A garden plant with colorful snapdragon flowers often in purple or pink
A plant from the Mediterranean that lives for many years and has purple or pink flowers
A plant with bright yellow and orange flowers that grows wild and can be a weed
A garden plant with tall stems of white flowers
A climbing plant with yellow flowers that twists around other plants
Compounds
A plant from the Mediterranean that lives for many years and has purple or pink flowers
A plant with bright yellow and orange flowers that grows wild and can be a weed
A climbing plant with yellow flowers that twists around other plants
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Snapdragon comes from the parts snap ('open and shut quickly') and dragon ('a large, mythical animal') because each flower looks like a little dragon face that opens and closes when you press it, so the name helps you remember the plant's mouth-like flowers.