SNOWDROP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snowdrop mean? 

• SNOWDROP (noun)
  The noun SNOWDROP has 1 sense:

1. common anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowers

  Familiarity information: SNOWDROP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SNOWDROP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Anemone quinquefolia; snowdrop; wood anemone

Hypernyms ("snowdrop" is a kind of...):

anemone; windflower (any woodland plant of the genus Anemone grown for its beautiful flowers and whorls of dissected leaves)

 Context examples 

Snowdrop looked out at the window, and said, Good day, good woman! what have you to sell?

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

But a bird sang blithely on a budding bough, close by, the snowdrops blossomed freshly at the window, and the spring sunshine streamed in like a benediction over the placid face upon the pillow, a face so full of painless peace that those who loved it best smiled through their tears, and thanked God that Beth was well at last.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Snowdrop did not dream of any mischief; so she stood before the old woman; but she set to work so nimbly, and pulled the lace so tight, that Snowdrop’s breath was stopped, and she fell down as if she were dead.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)