snowflower

Definitions

noun A variant name of the snowdrop, Galanthus.
noun Same as fringe-tree.
noun A shrub, Deutzia gracilis. See Deutzia. Miller, Dict. Eng. Names of Plants.

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Seasonal Non Sequiturs Jen 2008
As Christensen has explained: “The numerical ratios exist in nature: the way a leek wraps around itself from the inside, and the head of a snowflower, are both based on this series.”

Inger Christensen greenintegerblog 2008
Yes, she is a woman, and as gentle and as tender as a snowflower bloom in early spring.

The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004
Now the glamour was gone, and the white snowflower, like a porcelain wreath, froze on its grave.

The Virgin and the Gypsy 2003
Let the white snowflower bloom inaccessible on the heights of the past.

The Virgin and the Gypsy 2003
They too, saw the snowflower on inaccessible heights.

The Virgin and the Gypsy 2003
The snowflower I longed for, from those cool snowdrifts beyond the ridge.

Two Men of Sandy Bar; a drama Bret Harte 1869
For in the pure loftiness of the rector’s heart still bloomed the pure white snowflower of his young bride.

The Virgin and the Gypsy 2003
Astutely she gave a sigh of homage to the rector’s fidelity to the pure white snowflower, while she pretended to disapprove.

The Virgin and the Gypsy 2003