The

snowdrop ''Galanthus'' (from Ancient Greek , (, "milk") + (, "flower")), or snowdrop, is a small genus of approximately 20 species of bulbous perennial herbaceous plants in the family (biology), family Amaryllidaceae. The plants have two linear leav ...

is a small genus of about 20 species in the family Amaryllidaceae that are among the first bulbs to bloom in spring. Snowdrop may also refer to:

Entertainment

* Snowdrop (game engine), developed by Massive Entertainment * ''The Snow-Drop'', a monthly girls' magazine founded by

Eliza Lanesford Cushing Eliza Lanesford Cushing (October 19, 1794 – May 4, 1886) was an American-Canadian dramatist, short story writer, and editor. The daughter of Hannah Webster Foster and sister of Harriet Vaughan Cheney, both novelists, she wrote a number of ...

* ''Snow Drop'' (manhwa) * ''Snowdrops'' (novel), Booker-nominated debut novel by AD Miller * ''Snowdrop'' (Ukrainian TV series) * ''Snowdrop'' (South Korean TV series) *Snowdrop, for trombone, violin, and piano by Christian Wolff, 1970 * "Snow Drop" (song), a song by L'Arc-en-Ciel

Ships

* MV ''Snowdrop'', a Mersey Ferry * USS ''Snowdrop'' (1863), a Union Navy ship * HMS ''Snowdrop'', the name of two ships of the Royal Navy

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* A British nickname for members of the

United States Army Military Police corps The United States Army Military Police Corps (USAMPC) is the uniformed law enforcement branch of the United States Army. Investigations are conducted by Military Police investigators under the Provost Marshal General's Office or special agents ...

, during the Second World War (referring to their white cap or helmet, white gaiters, white gloves etc.) * The Snowdrop Campaign and Snowdrop Petition, calls for a ban on handguns in Scotland, set up in response to the

Dunblane massacre The Dunblane massacre took place at Dunblane Primary School in Dunblane, near Stirling, Scotland, on 13 March 1996, when 43-year-old Thomas Hamilton killed 16 pupils and one teacher and injured 15 others before killing himself. It remains the d ...

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