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Definitions for: Snowflake
[n] white arctic bunting
[n] a crystal of snow
Webster (1913) Definition: Snow"flake`, n.
1. A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow.
2. (Zo["o]l.) See Snowbird, 1.
3. (Bot.) A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus
Leucoium (L. vernum, [ae]stivum, etc.) resembling
the snowdrop, but having all the perianth leaves of equal
size.
Synonyms: flake, Plectrophenax nivalis, snow bunting, snowbird
See Also: bunting, crystal, genus Plectrophenax, H2O, Plectrophenax, snow, snowfall, water
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