SNOWDROP

Etymology

Noun

snowdrop (plural snowdrops)

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.

Verb

snowdrop (third-person singular simple present snowdrops, present participle snowdropping, simple past and past participle snowdropped)

(Australia, slang, ambitransitive) To steal clothing (especially women's underwear) from a clothesline.

Source: Wiktionary

Snow"drop`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: A bulbous plant (Galanthus nivalis) bearing white flowers, which often appear while the snow is on the ground. It is cultivated in gardens for its beauty. Snowdrop tree. See Silver-bell tree, under Silver, a.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition