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snowdrop

Pronunciation: /ˈsnəʊ.dɹɒp/

The English word “snowdrop” has 2 meanings listed here.

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.

verb

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

Etymology

From snow + drop.

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