Meanings
plural galanthophiles
- An enthusiastic collector of snowdrops.
Mr. Lyman owns the Temple Nursery, a mail order business little known beyond the world of galanthophiles, or snowdrop lovers.
2009 April 16, Anne Raver, “Learning to love snowdrops”, in The New York Times1 more example
The world of snowdrop fanciers (galanthophiles) is full of headstrong egos. […] However, one gently spoken and quiet Gloucestershire galanthophile, Phil Cornish, sidesteps all that nonsense.
2015 February 7, Val Bourne, “The quiet man of the world of snowdrops”, in The Daily Telegraph (London), page G8
Origin
From taxonomic name Galanthus + -o- + -phile.
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