snowdrop
any of several early-blooming bulbous plants belonging to the genus Galanthus, of the amaryllis family, native to Eurasia, especially G. nivalis, having drooping white flowers with green markings.
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How to use snowdrop in a sentence
But there were also plenty of moments when they looked like a snowdrop.
The Brontës, Ruth Rendell, and This Week’s Hot Reads: August 19, 2012 | Jimmy So | August 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe few who caught a glimpse of her in the white muslin dress “thought she looked like a snowdrop,” Barker notes.
The Brontës, Ruth Rendell, and This Week’s Hot Reads: August 19, 2012 | Jimmy So | August 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIs it the hero's fault if self and snowdrop-singing poetasters cannot see this feat with the eyes of Camoens?
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles ReadeYou look so cool—so fair—so like a snowdrop glittering with dew.
Ernest Linwood | Caroline Lee Hentzsnowdrop looked out at the window, and said, 'Good day, good woman!
Grimms' Fairy Tales | The Brothers Grimm
We gave to this our untimely welcome long before the snowdrop came, and the golden name of daffodil has lost its vernal sound.
Ceres' Runaway | Alice MeynellThe snowdrop may very well come after the primrose in this song, which altogether ignores the process of the seasons.
Adventures in Criticism | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
British Dictionary definitions for snowdrop
/ (ˈsnəʊˌdrɒp) /
any of several amaryllidaceous plants of the Eurasian genus Galanthus, esp G. nivalis, having drooping white bell-shaped flowers that bloom in early spring
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