Snowdrop

White flower name

A snowdrop is a small white flower that blooms in late winter, often pushing through snow—hence the name.

The drooping bell-shaped blossoms appear before most other flowers, making snowdrops a traditional harbinger of spring: The first snowdrops are up in the garden.

symbolism

hope

Desire for good outcomes

consolation · renewal · perseverance · Victorian · language of flowers · sympathy · mourning · comfort · Candlemas · virgin

flower

bulb

Rounded storage organ

  • petalBloom's colorful segment
  • bloomFlower or flourishing state
  • whiteAbsence of pigment

nodding · bell-shaped · perennial · woodland · garden · clump · naturalizing · crocus · hellebore · daffodil

spring

herald

Official news announcer

March · emergence · new growth · rebirth · seasonal · early · frost · promise · anticipation · stirring

horticulture

cultivar

Bred plant variety

division · planting · autumn · shade · moist soil · humus · dormancy · lifting · trading · rare

Categories
Opposites
seasonal association

Snowdropchrysanthemum

Ornamental daisy relative

dahlia · aster · goldenrod · marigold · sunflower

symbolic connotation

Snowdropblack rose

Impossibly dark flower

poppy · cypress · marigold · lily · asphodel

name character/fierceness

Snowdropsnapdragon

Flower with jaw-like petals

wolfsbane · devil's claw · bleeding heart · fireweed · tiger lily

Family

snow, drop, snows, snowy, snowier, snowiest, snowfall, snowflake, snowman

Familiarity
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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G