Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A small genus of Amaryllidaceæ, represented by the well-known snowdrop, G. nivalis.

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Examples

  • A thin, pale sun warms the patch of galanthus in our back yard.

    Tom Sawyerish M-mv 2008

  • The Misses M-mv, who were, alas, too sick to venture out into yesterday's cold, beautiful sunshine, were delighted when I darted out into the back yard with a large soup spoon and a plastic bowl and returned bearing two small galanthus plants, bulbs and all.

    Saint Patrick: A Visual Celebration M-mv 2005

  • Yes, those are the galanthus plants I brought in earlier this week.

    On the nightstand (under the pillow, in the knapsack, etc.) M-mv 2005

  • Her vision of spring renewal has been unfolding in gentle waves since the galanthus first poked their heads through the winter-tough soil on a warm day in early March.

    We remember you. M-mv 2005

  • But the galanthus have pushed through the cold, dry earth, past the old grass and the drying leaves, around the crumbly soil and organic debris.

    Galanthus M-mv 2006

  • But the galanthus have pushed through the cold, dry earth, past the old grass and the drying leaves, around the crumbly soil and organic debris.

    Archive 2006-03-01 M-mv 2006

  • Her vision of spring renewal has been unfolding in gentle waves since the galanthus first poked their heads through the winter-tough soil on a warm day in early March.

    Archive 2005-06-01 M-mv 2005

  • The Misses M-mv, who were, alas, too sick to venture out into yesterday's cold, beautiful sunshine, were delighted when I darted out into the back yard with a large soup spoon and a plastic bowl and returned bearing two small galanthus plants, bulbs and all.

    Archive 2005-03-01 M-mv 2005

  • Yes, those are the galanthus plants I brought in earlier this week.

    Archive 2005-03-01 M-mv 2005

  • Most galanthus, meaning milk flower and also known as February fairmaids, are white and green.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Louise Gray 2012

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