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Snowdon

a mountain range in North Wales; stretching N. N. E. to S. S. W. across Carnarvonshire from the mouth of the Conway to Tremadoc; length, about 24 miles; average breadth, 6 miles. It attains its greatest height in Snowdon proper, whose loftiest summit- Wyddva, 3,571 feet is the culminating point of South Britain.

SNOWDROP, a well-known garden plant of the genus Galanthus; G. nivalis, natural order Amaryllidaceæ. It bears solitary, drooping, and elegant white flowers, which appear early in spring.

It is a native of the Alps, but is quite common in gardens in the northern United States.

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