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glory-of-the-snow

glory-of-the-snow noun: a plant of species Scilla lucilliae, formerly Chionodoxa luciliae, one of the earliest to flower in the spring, native to Turkey, or its close relatives.

glory-of-the-snow: a plant of species Scilla lucilliae, formerly Chionodoxa luciliae, one of the earliest to flower in...
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Noun

glory-of-the-snow

  1. A plant of species Scilla lucilliae, formerly Chionodoxa luciliae, one of the earliest to flower in the spring, native to Turkey, or its close relatives.
  2. Any other plant of series Scilla ser. Chionodoxa (formerly genus Chionodoxa).

Words formed from glory-of-the-snow

  • Cretan glory-of-the-snow
  • dwarf glory-of-the-snow
  • Forbes' glory-of-the-snow
  • lesser glory-of-the-snow
  • Loch's glory-of-the-snow
  • Lucile's glory-of-the-snow
  • Siehe's glory-of-the-snow

Questions about glory-of-the-snow

What does glory-of-the-snow mean?
Glory-of-the-snow means a plant of species Scilla lucilliae, formerly Chionodoxa luciliae, one of the earliest to flower in the spring, native to Turkey, or its close relatives.
What part of speech is glory-of-the-snow?
Glory-of-the-snow is a noun.

Words near glory-of-the-snow in the dictionary

  1. glory-hole
  2. glory-holes
  3. glory-hunter
  4. glory-hunters
  5. glory-land
  6. glory-of-the-snow
  7. glory-of-the-sun
  8. glory-worthy
  9. gloryful
  10. gloryhole
  11. gloryholed

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