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In some senses, snowflake is marked as derogatory, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.
noun
A crystal of snow, having approximate hexagonal symmetry.
Any of several bulbous European plants, of the genus Leucojum, having white flowers.
The snow bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis.
Someone who believes they are particularly unique and special.
When I come home, one space monkey is reading to the assembled space monkeys who sit covering the whole first floor. “You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everyone else, and we are all part of the same compost pile.”
Someone hypersensitive to insult or offense, especially a young person with politically correct sensibilities.
When have words ever hurt anyone? The triggered snowflakes at this liberal university are trying to literally murder our freedom of speech.
Fox News pundits claim to be upset because companies are choosing to embrace the "holidays" rather than "Christmas" to avoid offending any liberal snowflakes.
verb
To fall in the manner of a snowflake.
Like a seagull swooping, the white figure of a victim snowflaked against the cliff and then plummeted down.
To arrange (data) into a snowflake schema.