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Webster 1913 Edition

Snowflake

Snow′flakeˊ

,

Noun.

1.

A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow.

2.

(Zool.)

See

, 1.

3.

(Bot.)

A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus

Leucoium

(

Leucoium vernum

,

Leucoium aestivum

, etc.) resembling the snowdrop, but having all the perianth leaves of equal size.