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Definition of Snowdrop windflower
1. Noun. Eurasian herb with solitary nodding fragrant white flowers.
Definition of Snowdrop windflower
1. Noun. A plant species of the family Ranunculaceae; Anemone sylvestris. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Snowdrop Windflower
Literary usage of Snowdrop windflower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Flower Garden: Design, Arrangement and Plans Followed by a by William Robinson (1895)
"A. sylvestris (snowdrop windflower). —A handsome plant, growing on almost any
soil, with white flowers in spring as large as a crown-piece and beautiful ..."
2. A Practical Guide to Garden Plants: Containing Descriptions of the Hardiest by John Weathers (1901)
"A. sylvestris (snowdrop windflower), This handsome species is 6-18 in. high and
a native of Central Europe. It has creeping roots, from which arise ternate ..."
3. The Wild Garden: Or the Naturalization and Natural Grouping of Hardy Exotic by William Robinson (1903)
"... its white varieties, and the snowdrop windflower (A. sylvestris), are among
the best of the exotic species. The Japan Anemones grow so strongly that ..."
4. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1900)
"The snowdrop windflower (A. sylvestris) is most graceful in bud and bloom, but
a little capricious, and not blooming well on all soils, unlike in this way ..."
5. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1907)
"... should be encouraged, in borders and margins of beds of American bushes as
well as in the rock garden. The snowdrop windflower (A. sylvestris) is most ..."
6. The Garden Beautiful: Home Woods, Home Landscape by William Robinson (1906)
"The snowdrop windflower (A. sylvestris) is most graceful in bud and bloom, but
a little capricious in not blooming well on all soils, unlike our Wood ..."
7. Alpine Flowers for English Gardens by William Robinson (1870)
"snowdrop windflower. A FREE-GROWING and handsome species, partaking somewhat of
the size and vigour of the alpine or Japanese Anemone, and the neatness of ..."
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