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snow⋅flake

  [snoh-fleyk]
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–noun
1. one of the small, feathery masses or flakes in which snow falls.
2. Meteorology.
a. an agglomeration of snow crystals falling as a unit.
b. any snow particle.
3. any of certain European plants belonging to the genus Leucojum, of the amaryllis family, resembling the snowdrop.
4. snow bunting.
Origin:
1725–35; snow + flake 1

snow bunting

 
–noun
a bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis, of the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere having white plumage.
Also called snowbird, snowflake.

Origin:
1765–75
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snow bunting  
n.  A finch (Plectrophenax nivalis) of northern regions, having predominantly white winter plumage. Also called snowflake.
snow·flake   (snō'flāk')   
n.  
  1. A single flake or crystal of snow.
  2. Any of several bulbous European herbs of the genus Leucojum, having white or whitish flowers and fleshy fruit.
  3. See snow bunting.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Snowflake

Snow"flake`\, n. 1. A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow.

2. (Zo["o]l.) See Snowbird, 1.

3. (Bot.) A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus Leucoium (L. vernum, [ae]stivum, etc.) resembling the snowdrop, but having all the perianth leaves of equal size.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : snowflake
Spanish: copo de nieve,
German: die Schneeflocke,
Japanese: 雪片
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snowflake

(genus Leucojum), flowering plant of the family Amaryllidaceae, related to the snowdrop (genus Galanthus).

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