snowdrop

Meaning

Noun

1. Any of the 20 species of the genus Galanthus of the Amaryllidaceae, bulbous flowering plants, bearing a solitary, pendulous, white, bell-shaped flower that appears, depending on species, between autumn and late winter or early spring, all native to temperate Eurasia.
2. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of Snowdrop (“a Royal Air Force police officer”).

Verb

To steal clothing (especially women's underwear) from a clothesline.

Synonyms

wood anemone

Anemone quinquefolia

snowflake

❄️

windflower

snow-flower

common snowdrop

daisy

🌼

February fair-maid

poppy

Translations

perce-neige

Schneeglöckchen

bucaneve

lliri de neu

sneeuwklokje

campanilla de febrero

Galanthus

campanilla de invierno

kardelen

flor de nieve

γάλανθος ο χιονώδης

galanto

vergonhosa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsnəʊ.dɹɒp/

Etymology

From snow + drop.