snowdrop
snowdrop
Definition
snow·drop (-dräp′)
noun
any of a genus (Galanthus) of low-growing, bulbous perennials of the lily family; esp., the common snowdrop (G. nivalis) of the Mediterranean region, with small, bell-shaped, white flowers
snowdrop
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- see: If you have never seen the snowdrops at the Jarman Center do go next year and have a look, they are quite spectacular.
- plant: In springtime each year you would if seated there be close to the snowdrops planted by Mrs Watts which have been augmented by well-wishers.
- follow: The crocuses are still to come, and so are the primroses and other wild flowers which follow the snowdrops in this wonderful churchyard.
- include: England has a wealth of wild flowers including snowdrops, daffodils, bluebells, primroses, buttercups and cowslips.
- have: Tony Darby had a snowdrop which I didn't know.
- naturalize: Cornwall Lanhydrock Daily Good displays of naturalized snowdrops appear during February within the 30 acres of gardens and grounds.
Adjective modifier
- first: The first few snowdrops had popped up on a sunny lawn.
- common: Snowdrop The common snowdrop or galanthus is a genus of the Lily family consisting of about 20 species.
- more: In the woodland this gave Nick a large area for ferns, hellebores, woodland bulbs, camellia and more snowdrops.
- single: It was also believed to be unlucky to bring a single snowdrop into a house.
- early: In spring and early summer snowdrops, daffodils and bluebells carpet the woodland floor.
- double: A fine double Snowdrop... Few indeed are the flowers to be recorded in bloom.
Modifies a noun
- lectin: Worse yet, rats fed plain potatoes sprinkled with snowdrop lectin did not show these effects.
- bulb: So they started an appeal to raise money to buy snowdrop bulbs.
- display: Interesting gardens, tho the main horticultural selling-point is its snowdrop displays in February.
- flower: Moreover, the gene introduced into the potatoes was a snowdrop flower lectin, a substance known to be toxic to mammals.
- weekend: England's Greatest Snowdrop Garden - Order bulbs & see Colesbourne Park, Gloucestershire during its snowdrop weekends in February.
- season: In practice, during snowdrop season, this means working round the clock.
Preposition: in
- pot: If you live within traveling distance of the nursery you can collect your snowdrops in pots.
- churchyard: The crocuses are still to come, and so are the primroses and other wild flowers which follow the snowdrops in this wonderful churchyard.
