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snow garland snow garland[′snō ‚gär·lənd] (hydrology) A rare phenomenon in which snow is festooned from trees, fences, and so on, in the form of a rope of snow, several feet long and several inches in diameter; produced by surface tension acting in thin films of water bonding individual crystals; such garlands form only when the surface temperature is close to the melting point, for only then will the requisite films of slightly supercooled water exist. |