What does "snowdrop" mean?

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.

What is a synonym for "snowdrop"?

Common synonyms include: anemone quinquefolia, fairmaid, flower, wood anemone, wood anemone.

How do you pronounce "snowdrop"?

Pronounced //ˈsnəʊ.dɹɒp//.

Snowdrop

//ˈsnəʊ.dɹɒp// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1
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.
"A flower that first in this sweet garden smiled, / To virgins sacred, and the Snow-drop styled."
2
A Royal Air Force police officer.
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:Snowdrop."
3
common anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowers wordnet
4
Alternative letter-case form of Snowdrop (“a Royal Air Force police officer”). alt-of

Verb

1
To steal clothing (especially women's underwear) from a clothesline. Australia, ambitransitive, slang
"MS: There was a lot of snowdropping in those days? / SL: Oh, I've never actually stooped to snowdropping; I used to go into shops. Boosting, man, boosting. But you learn how to survive."