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- noun An
enthusiastic collector ofsnowdrops .
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Examples
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Point of etiquette: "No one goes around saying oh, I'm a galanthophile," Sharman makes clear.
Thestar.com - Home Page Jennifer Wells 2011
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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
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"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
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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.
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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.
hernesheir commented on the word galanthophile
One who loves or collects species of the amarylloid genus Galanthus, the snowdrops.
February 20, 2013