Snowflake

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A single flake or crystal of snow.
  • n. Any of several bulbous European herbs of the genus Leucojum, having white or whitish flowers and fleshy fruit.
  • n. See snow bunting.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow.
  • n. See Snowbird, 1.
  • n. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A small feathery mass or flake of falling snow. See snow, n., 1.
  • n. In ornithology, same as snow-bunting. Coues.
  • n. A plant of the genus Leucoium, chiefly L. æstivum (the summer snowflake), and L. vernum (the spring Snowflake).
  • n. A particular pattern of weaving certain woolen cloths, by which small knots are produced upon the face, which, when of light color, resemble a sprinkling of snow.
  • n. The sweet-william, Dianthus barbatus.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. white Arctic bunting
  • n. a crystal of snow
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bunting    crystal   
    Cross Reference
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    Variant
    snowbird   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    raindrop    sleet    flake    droplet    gust   
     
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