Thread: подснежник?

this is given as snowdrop in English. I'm not familiar with that term, can someone explain what a подснежник is?

thanks

Depending on the context it can be:

1) flower. The one that blossoms in late winter or early spring while the snow is still there. It's rather popular, there are a lot of poems about this flower.
Here is the picture:
http://www.countrysideliving.net/GRD_Po ... Jan05.html

2) (cops slang) a corpse that was hidden under the snow and was found at spring when the snow began to melt.

3) the humorous name for a car driver, who newer drives his car in winter, and whose car often remains all the winter under the snow.

3) the humorous name for a car driver_ who never drives his car in winter, and whose car often remains all _ winter under the snow.

thanks for the interesting uses of подснежник. Here's the context:

На лесных полянах робко показались первые подснежники.

Originally Posted by sperk

На лесных полянах робко показались первые подснежники.

The first snowdrops, winter's corps and dummy cars' drivers confusedly appeared on the forest's meadows...

Originally Posted by JJ

The first snowdrops, winter's corps and dummy cars' drivers confusedly appeared on the forest's meadows...

Перечислены в порядке убывания вероятности.

JJ, как обычно, аццкий агнимйот.