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a flower that bites back, with skull-shaped seed pods to remind you who wins.
means A garden plant of the genus Antirrhinum whose two-lipped flowers can be pinched open and shut like a tiny snapping mouth.
from A plain English compound of "snap" + "dragon," named for the way the flower's hinged "jaws" spring shut when you squeeze its sides, like a small dragon's mouth biting. The botanical name Antirrhinum comes from Greek anti- ("like") and rhin- ("nose, snout"), meaning "nose-like" — another nod to its snouted bloom.
- jaw flowers
- Squeeze the sides and the bloom snaps open
- death's heads
- Dried seed pods resemble tiny human skulls
- bee gatekeeper
- Only bumblebees are heavy enough to force entry
- folk magic
- Once worn to ward off curses and deception
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snapdragon desert wildflower — native flowering plant found in southwestern deserts of arizona, california, and nevada