SNOWFLAKE

Snow″flake′ (?), n. 1. 1. A flake, or small filmy mass, of snow.
2. 2. (Zoöl.) See Snowbird, 1.
3. 3. (Bot.) A name given to several bulbous plants of the genus Leucoium (L. vernum, æstivum, etc.) resembling the snowdrop, but having all the perianth leaves of equal size.