Definitions

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

  • noun A single flake or crystal of snow.
  • noun Any of several bulbous perennial plants of the genus Leucojum, native to Europe, having nodding white bell-shaped flowers.
  • noun A snow bunting.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A small feathery mass or flake of falling snow. See snow, n., 1.
  • noun In ornithology, same as snow-bunting. Coues.
  • noun A plant of the genus Leucoium, chiefly L. æstivum (the summer snowflake), and L. vernum (the spring Snowflake).
  • noun A particular pattern of weaving certain woolen cloths, by which small knots are produced upon the face, which, when of light color, resemble a sprinkling of snow.
  • noun The sweet-william, Dianthus barbatus.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow.
  • noun (Zoöl.) See Snowbird, 1.
  • noun (Bot.) A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus Leucoium (L. vernum, æstivum, etc.) resembling the snowdrop, but having all the perianth leaves of equal size.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun white Arctic bunting
  • noun a crystal of snow

Etymologies

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snow + flake

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  • The flower in spring: Leucojum vernum

    February 29, 2008