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  • noun Plural form of galanthophile.

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  • It is thought that the snowdrop was introduced by the Romans and over the last few years, breeders have been developing new garden forms, and thanks to their work, today we have the pleasure of over 500 single and double flowering forms of snowdrops, interestingly collectors of snowdrops are known as 'galanthophiles'.

    Whitehaven News headlines 2009

  • It is thought that the snowdrop was introduced by the Romans and over the last few years, breeders have been developing new garden forms, and thanks to their work, today we have the pleasure of over 500 single and double flowering forms of snowdrops, interestingly collectors of snowdrops are known as 'galanthophiles'.

    Whitehaven News headlines 2009

  • It is thought that the snowdrop was introduced by the Romans and over the last few years, breeders have been developing new garden forms, and thanks to their work, today we have the pleasure of over 500 single and double flowering forms of snowdrops, interestingly collectors of snowdrops are known as 'galanthophiles'.

    Whitehaven News headlines 2009

  • Hundreds of new varieties have been discovered in recent years, thanks to its growing legion of fans, who are known in the gardening world as galanthophiles, named after the snowdrop's Latin name,

    Seriously Obsessed With Snowdrops Anne Marie Chaker 2010

  • Hundreds of new varieties have been discovered in recent years, thanks to its growing legion of fans, who are known in the gardening world as galanthophiles, named after the snowdrop's Latin name,

    Seriously Obsessed With Snowdrops Anne Marie Chaker 2010

  • To circumvent some of these retail channels, many American galanthophiles find one another and trade bulbs.

    Seriously Obsessed With Snowdrops Anne Marie Chaker 2010

  • Hundreds of new varieties have been discovered in recent years, thanks to its growing legion of fans, who are known in the gardening world as galanthophiles, named after the snowdrop's Latin name,

    Seriously Obsessed With Snowdrops Anne Marie Chaker 2010

  • To circumvent some of these retail channels, many American galanthophiles find one another and trade bulbs.

    Seriously Obsessed With Snowdrops Anne Marie Chaker 2010

  • To circumvent some of these retail channels, many American galanthophiles find one another and trade bulbs.

    Seriously Obsessed With Snowdrops Anne Marie Chaker 2010

  • Those of us who are not galanthophiles share Bowles's inability to distinguish between the 2,000 or so varieties.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Michael Leapman 2012

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