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Spring-blooming herb
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snowdrop
Alternative clues for the word snowdrop
Word definitions for snowdrop in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early flower, 1660s, from snow (n.) + drop (n.).
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
The snowdrop is a small genus of about 20 species in the family Amaryllidaceae that are among the first bulbs to bloom in spring. Snowdrop may also refer to:
Usage examples of snowdrop.
The snowdrop drooping on its stalk So slender,-- snowdrop and lamb, a pretty pair, Braving the cold for our delight, Both white, Both tender.
I need not say how grieved they were to see their faithful Snowdrop stretched out upon the ground, as if she was quite dead.
I looked like a snowdrop, and I was dancing with the handsomest guy in the room.
But Snowdrop grew ever taller and fairer, and at seven years old was beautiful as the day, and more beautiful than the queen herself.
From that hour she so hated Snowdrop, that she burned with secret wrath whenever she saw the maiden.
When it was morning, Snowdrop woke up, and was frightened when she saw the seven dwarfs.
When they found Snowdrop lifeless on the ground, they at once distrusted her stepmother.
He saw the coffin on the mountain with the beautiful Snowdrop in it, and read what was written there in letters of gold.
I cannot live without seeing Snowdrop, and though she is dead, I will prize and honour her as my beloved.
They happened to stumble over a bush, and the shock forced the bit of poisoned apple which Snowdrop had tasted out of her throat.
When she came, and found that it was Snowdrop alive again, she stood petrified with terror and despair.
Because of our need and aspiration, the snowdrop gives birth in our hearts to a loftier spiritual and poetic feeling, than the rose most complete in form, colour, and odour.
He swung into the saddle and they started cautiously out into the darkening swirl of fresh new currency just issuing from the Snowdrop Mint.
For suppose, gentlemen, that all the species of Orchids, and not only they, but their congeners--the Gingers, the Arrowroots, the Bananas--are all the descendants of one original form, which was most probably nearly allied to the Snowdrop and the Iris.
Tentatively, Anne held out a bunch of snowdrops, their fresh green smell spreading through the small space around them.