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  • noun An enthusiastic collector of snowdrops.

Etymologies

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Galanthus +‎ -phile

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Examples

  • Point of etiquette: "No one goes around saying oh, I'm a galanthophile," Sharman makes clear.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Jennifer Wells 2011

  • There is nary a titch or tip of the spring green that conventionally marks snowdrops, of which there are as many as 1,500 cultivars, according to galanthophile John Grimshaw, coauthor of the ground-breaking work

    Thestar.com - Home Page Jennifer Wells 2011

  • "It's absolutely fantastic because it's the first pure white Galanthus plicatus," notes Joe Sharman, the plantsman and galanthophile who was asked by Myddelton House to twin scale - a.k.a. propagate - the Bowles bulb.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Jennifer Wells 2011

  • Rather, let us think of the galanthophile as a horticultural fashionista, revelling in the flower's beauty and glamour, but understanding exactly how the trim of a hem or turn of a cuff creates each distinctive look.

    Life and style | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • Colesbourne Park near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, boasts one of the great historic collections and is open every weekend in February; study day with leading galanthophile John Grimshaw on 25 February.

    Life and style | guardian.co.uk 2010

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