English Dictionary

snowdrop

/ˈsnəʊ.dɹɒp/

noun

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.

The snowdrop is a delicate white flower that blooms in early spring.

意味（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.

A flower that first in this sweet garden smiled, / To virgins sacred, and the Snow-drop styled.

意味（2）

Alternative letter-case form of Snowdrop (“a Royal Air Force police officer”).