snowflake

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They should put this under the basket like the snowflake was before they changed the logo.

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  1. noun A single flake or crystal of snow.
  2. noun Any of several bulbous European herbs of the genus Leucojum, having white or whitish flowers and fleshy fruit.
  3. noun See snow bunting.

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  • He floats down like a snowflake, landing lightly beside a stripe-clad body Hitlerstein is too simplistic by far. —  F ;SF - vol 100 issue 04 - April 2001
  • They swirled around and formed the pattern of a snowflake, then hung like washing on a line, rippling a little. —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 05 - May 1996
  • The duo behind Cina are the same two behind the snowflake-patterned flash drives that have been circulating around the internet this week, but in this case we're more captivated by the reinvention of ... —  Cool Hunting
  • And it would be even better if you tried not to whip it out and give a senior and well-respected member of our department a golden shower from the lofty heights of your vast experience as a snowflake, as someone did this weekend. —  blueollie
  • So, whoosh, we overtook the BMW and discreetly, legally, we settled in front of him like an insolent snowflake - and what did he observe about the machine that had so elegantly shown him up? —  AGORAVOX - The Citizen Media
 

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/ˈsnoʊfleɪk/
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