Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 + 1828)


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Snowflake (Page: 1363)

Snow"flake` (?), n.

1. A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow.

2. (Zoöl.) See Snowbird, 1.

3. (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.