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snowdrop noun. M17.
[SNOW noun1 + DROP noun. Cf. German Schneetropfen.]
An early-flowering bulbous plant, Galanthus nivalis (family Amaryllidaceae), having a single drooping pure white flower; a flowering stem of this plant. M17.
A military police officer, orig. in the US. slang. M20.
Comb.: snowdrop tree any of several trees with pendulous white flowers; esp. (a) the fringe-tree, Chionanthus virginicus; (b) = HALESIA.