summer snowflake meaning

UK /ˈsʌmə ˈsnəʊfleɪk/ US /ˈsʌmɚ ˈsnoʊfleɪk/ 4 syllables

summer snowflake (noun): common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States.

Definition of summer snowflake

  1. common Old World herb having grasslike leaves and clusters of star-shaped white flowers with green stripes; naturalized in the eastern United States

    Synonyms: starflower, sleepy dick, Ornithogalum umbellatum

    Type of: star-of-Bethlehem

How to pronounce summer snowflake

summer snowflake is pronounced /ˈsʌmə ˈsnəʊfleɪk/ in British English and /ˈsʌmɚ ˈsnoʊfleɪk/ in American English. It has 4 syllables.

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