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Definition of Snowflake

1. Noun. A crystal of snow.

Definition of Snowflake

1. n. A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow.

Definition of Snowflake

1. Noun. A crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry. ¹

2. Noun. Any of several bulbous European plants, of the genus ''Leucojum'', having white flowers. ¹

3. Noun. The snow bunting. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Snowflake

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Medical Definition of Snowflake

1. 1. A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow. 2. See Snowbird. 3. A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus Leucoium (L. Vernum, aestivum, etc) resembling the snowdrop, but having all the perianth leaves of equal size. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Snowflake

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"Dr. Jonathan Dwight's review1 of Mr. Frank M. Chapman's article on the 'Changes of Plumage in the snowflake' is concluded in these words: "The snowflake is ..."

2. Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, &c. by Gleeson White (1887)
"A snowflake IN MAY. I saw a snowflake in the air When smiling May had decked the year, And then 'twas gone, I knew not where,— I saw a snowflake in the air, ..."

3. Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, & C. by Gleeson White (1888)
"A snowflake IN MAY. I saw a snowflake in the air When smiling May had decked the year, And then 'twas gone, I knew not where,— I saw a snowflake in the air, ..."

4. New Education Readers: A Synthetic and Phonic Word Method by Abraham Jay Demarest, William Maturin Van Sickle (1901)
"WEAVING A snowflake COVERLET. It was a little snowflake With tiny ringlets furled ; Its warm cloud mother held it fast Above the sleeping world. ..."

5. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"the ovary is covered with small warts whose juicy cells are sucked or devoured by animals; and in the flowers of the snowflake (Leucojum Fig. 244. ..."

6. Geographical Nature Studies: For Primary Work in Home Geography by Frank Owen Payne (1898)
"The snowflake kissed me, As on it sped, And told me a story," The little maid said. "I didn't mind it, So soft and cold, And here is the story The snowflake ..."

7. Geographical Nature Studies: For Primary Work in Home Geography by Frank Owen Payne (1898)
"The snowflake kissed me, As on it sped, And told me a story," The little maid said. "I didn't mind it, So soft and cold, And here is the story The snowflake ..."

8. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"snowflake, a name said to have been invented by Curtis for ... is the plant offered as snowflake, but the English designate this as spring snow- flake, ..."

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