Snow"flake` (?), n.
1.
A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow.
2. Zool.
See Snowbird, 1.
3. Bot.
A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus Leucoium (L. vernum, aestivum, etc.) resembling the snowdrop, but having all the perianth leaves of equal size.
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