snapdragon
pronunciation
How to pronounce snapdragon in British English:
UK [ˈsnæpdrægən]
How to pronounce snapdragon in American English:
US [ˈsnæpˌdræɡən]
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- Noun:
- a garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum having showy white or yellow or crimson flowers resembling the face of a dragon
Word Origin
- snapdragon
- snapdragon: [16] The herbalist John Gerard (no feminist, evidently) gave the reason why antirrhinums were called snapdragons: ‘The flowers [are] fashioned like a dragon’s mouth; from whence the women have taken the name Snapdragon’, Herbal 1597. The term was also used from the early 18th century for a party game which involved picking raisins out of a bowl of burning brandy and eating them while they were still alight – the allusion being of course to the dragon’s firebreathing habits.
- snapdragon (n.)
- garden plant, 1570s, from snap (n.) + dragon. So called from fancied resemblance of antirrhinum flowers to a dragon's mouth. As the name of a Christmas game of plucking raisins from burning brandy and eating them alight, from 1704.
Example
- 1. Nexus one uses the snapdragon 1 ghz core processor , which just rocks .
- 2. Recently launched chinese smartphones packed with qualcomm 's snapdragon chips include huawei 's g330d and xiaomi technology 's mi2 .
- 3. The corolla of a snapdragon is bilabiate .
- 4. Veer uses a speedy qualcomm inc. snapdragon processor that the spokeswoman said is designed for efficiency and substantial talk time .
- 5. Enter the qualcomm snapdragon , a processor that offers phones ( such as the evo 4g ) more than 1 ghz of speed , as well as almost-all-day battery life .