snapdragon

snapdragon englannista suomeksi

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1. leijonankita

snapdragon englanniksi

1. Any plant of the genus (taxfmt), with showy yellow, white or red flowers.

2. (RQ:Grahame Wind in the Willows)of kitchen-gardens, and straight herb-borders, and warm snap-dragon beset by bees;

3. {{quote-book|en|year=1998|author=Stephen H. Howell|title=Molecular Genetics of Plant Development|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=mpQ8nI6QpKwC&pg=PA146&dq=%22snapdragon%22%7C%22snapdragons%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjsqN_T-qzbAhXC8YMKHRSgC304ZBDoAQiIAjAzv=onepage&q=%22snapdragon%22%7C%22snapdragons%22&f=false|page=146|publisher=Cambridge University Press

4. 2000, Margaret Roberts, ''Edible & Medicinal Flowers'', New Africa Books (The Spearhead Press), page 72,

The snapdragon is indigenous to Europe and has been a much loved garden plant since before the Middle Ages, when it was considered an antidote against witchcraft.

5. {{quote-book|en|year=2006|author=Lynn Coulter|title=Gardening with Heirloom Seeds|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=vpBP-Og6k_UC&pg=PA59&dq=%22snapdragon%22%7C%22snapdragons%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjwzMHy7azbAhUOiIMKHQNuAh4Q6AEIuAIwOAv=onepage&q=%22snapdragon%22%7C%22snapdragons%22&f=false|page=59

6. 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.

7. (RQ:Swift Tale of a Tub)

8. (quote-book)|year_published=1868|publisher=Chapman and Hall|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ktng8Qt7tDcC&pg=PA159&dq=%22snap-dragon%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwio-Z_Sq63bAhWKi7wKHYjkAncQ6AEIUDAIv=onepage&q=%22snap-dragon%22&f=false|page=159

9. {{quote-book|en|year=2014|author=Stephanie Barron|title=On Hosting Your Regency-Era Christmas Party|publisher=Soho Press|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=C-eEBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA13&dq=%22snapdragon%22%7C%22snapdragons%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjsqN_T-qzbAhXC8YMKHRSgC304ZBDoAQjsATAsv=onepage&q=%22snapdragon%22%7C%22snapdragons%22&f=false|page=13

10. 2014, (w), ''When Sparks Fly'', (w) ((w)), unnumbered page,

"I hope we play snapdragon," eight-​year-​old Timothy Metcalf said.

"I wish we could," Ellie said, "but I doubt Papa will allow it. He'll say snatching raisins from a burning bowl of brandy is too dangerous."

"But snapdragon is a Christmas tradition!" protested Percy.