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glory-of-the-snow

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A small bulbous plant (Chionodoxa forbesii) native to southwest Asia, Crete, and Cyprus, cultivated for its early-blooming blue flowers.

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  • noun The plant Chionodoxa luciliae, one of the earliest to flower in the spring.

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Examples

  • As the snowdrops and winter aconite begin to depart, glory-of-the-snow, Siberian squill, dwarf iris, and puschkinia might arrive.

    Suzy Bales: Looking For Compounding Interest? Plant Bulbs! 2009

  • The slope was originally covered with grass and a few patches of snowdrops, Siberian squill and glory-of-the-snow that the previous owner had planted.

    Suzy Bales: Spring Bulbs: Nature's Wonders 2009

  • Scilla, glory-of-the-snow, dwarf iris, puschkinia and grape hyacinths are bulbs whose blooms follow close behind.

    Suzy Bales: Your Garden in Winter 2008

  • Think snowdrops, scilla, glory-of-the-snow and crocus, for example, but you have to plant them by the hundreds, if not the thousands, for them to have any sort of landscape effect.

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  • The season starts out with winter aconites and snowdrops, followed by glory-of-the-snow, bulbous Iris reticulata, crocuses, Siberian squill,

    Garden Rant 2008

  • The season starts out with winter aconites and snowdrops, followed by glory-of-the-snow, bulbous Iris reticulata, crocuses, Siberian squill,

    Garden Rant 2008

  • The season starts out with winter aconites and snowdrops, followed by glory-of-the-snow, bulbous Iris reticulata, crocuses, Siberian squill,

    Garden Rant 2008

  • The season starts out with winter aconites and snowdrops, followed by glory-of-the-snow, bulbous Iris reticulata, crocuses, Siberian squill,

    Garden Rant 2008

  • The season starts out with winter aconites and snowdrops, followed by glory-of-the-snow, bulbous Iris reticulata, crocuses, Siberian squill,

    Garden Rant 2008

  • The season starts out with winter aconites and snowdrops, followed by glory-of-the-snow, bulbous Iris reticulata, crocuses, Siberian squill,

    Garden Rant 2008

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  • An early spring-blooming bulb flower, botanically known as Chionodoxa luciliae.

    February 17, 2008