(glôr′ē-əv-thə-snō′)n. A small bulbous plant (Chionodoxa forbesii) native to southwest Asia, Crete, and Cyprus, cultivated for its early-blooming blue flowers. Also called chionodoxa.
glory-of-the-snow
n (Plants) a small W Asian liliaceous plant, Chionodoxa luciliae, cultivated for its early-blooming blue flowers