Definition of "snowdrop" [snow•drop]

• Any of several bulbous Eurasian plants of the genus Galanthus, having solitary, nodding white flowers that bloom in early spring. (noun)

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• "All the flowers are awesome, but the snowdrop is my favourite of all–simple, complex, fragrant and happy."
• "Botanists disagree on whether the snowdrop is a native British plant or an ornamental flower which was brought in and has now become naturalised."
• "The "snowdrop" of the title is a body that is discovered after the thaws: the idea being that in Russia, you can't take surfaces for granted; nor, the narrator explains in a letter to his fiancée, can he be taken for granted either."