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    snapdragon

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Gardening, Plants
    snap·drag·on /ˈsnæpˌdræɡən/ noun [countable]  DLGHBPa garden plant with white, red, or yellow flowers 金鱼草，龙嘴花〔一种庭院植物〕
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    snapdragon• Passersby in Los Angeles left snapdragons on the lonely road where Ennis Cosby was slain by an unknown gunman.    Origin snapdragon (1500-1600) Because the flowers are thought to look like a dragon's mouth
    snap·drag·on nounChineseSyllable
    garden flowers white, plant a Corpus or with yellow red,


    snapdragon
    snap‧drag‧on /ˈsnæpˌdræɡən/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1500-1600
     Origin: Because the flowers are thought to look like a dragon's mouth
    a garden plant with white, red, or yellow flowers


    snap·dragonBrE /ˈsnæpdræɡən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsnæpdræɡən/ 🔊 nouna small garden plant with red, white, yellow or pink flowers that open and shut like a mouth when squeezed 啮龙花，金鱼草（庭园植物，花的口部呈唇形，裂片闭合）