Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Red snow. See
Protococcus . - noun See
Sarcodes .
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Examples
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Joe brought the wine, a bucket at which the boy had scrubbed for ten minutes, holding the bottle as the glass bowl held the snow-plant, in a bed of snow.
Wolf Breed Jackson Gregory 1912
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In the mountains, the high mountains above the seven or eight thousand foot level, grows an affair called the snow-plant.
The Mountains Stewart Edward White 1909
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Then, in this monotone of dark green frond and dull brown trunk and deep olive shadow, where, like the ordered library of one with quiet tastes, nothing breaks the harmony of unobtrusive tone, suddenly flames the vivid red of a snow-plant.
The Mountains Stewart Edward White 1909
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In the mountains, the high mountains above the seven or eight thousand foot level, grows an affair called the snow-plant.
The Mountains 1904
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Then, in this monotone of dark green frond and dull brown trunk and deep olive shadow, where, like the ordered library of one with quiet tastes, nothing breaks the harmony of unobtrusive tone, suddenly flames the vivid red of a snow-plant.
The Mountains 1904
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The Yosemite and the Sequoia are, however, the exclusive possessors among the parks of a remarkably showy flowering plant, the brilliant, rare, snow-plant.
The Book of the National Parks Robert Sterling Yard 1903
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So luring is the red pillar which the snow-plant lifts
The Book of the National Parks Robert Sterling Yard 1903
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Indian fire glowed red on the white expanse, blood on marble, and scarlet snow-plant sent up lurid spouts like flaming fountains.
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Most interesting of all is the snow-plant (_sarcodes san-guinea
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