Snowdrop Definition

snōdrŏp
snowdrops
noun
snowdrops
Any of a genus (Galanthus) of low-growing, bulbous perennials of the lily family; esp., the common snowdrop (G. nivalis) of the Mediterranean region, with small, bell-shaped, white flowers.
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(Australia, slang) To steal clothing (especially women's underwear) from a clothesline.

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(United Nations) To drop food aid across a wide area from an aircraft.

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(sexual slang) To transfer semen from mouth to mouth while kissing.

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Other Word Forms of Snowdrop

Noun

Singular:
snowdrop
Plural:
snowdrops

Origin of Snowdrop

Snowdrop Sentence Examples

  • The snowdrop is a doubtful native of Great Britain, but is largely cultivated for market in Lincolnshire.

  • The Snowdrop. Early spring-flowering amaryllidaceous bulbs, with pretty drooping flowers, snow-white, having the tips of the enclosed petals green.

  • Besides these there are the various spring-flowering bulbs, such as the varieties of Hyacinthus, Tulipa, Narcissus, Fritillaria, Muscari or Grape Hyacinth, Crocus, Scilla, Chionodoxa and Galanthus or Snowdrop.

  • Tony Darby had a snowdrop which I didn't know.

  • The arrangement of the parts in the flower resembles that in the nearly allied order Amaryllidaceae (Narcissus, Snowdrop, &c.), but differs in the absence of the inner whorl of stamens.

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