winter aconite

noun

: any of several low Eurasian perennial herbs (genus Eranthis, especially E. hyemalis) of the buttercup family with solitary yellow or white flowers which often bloom through the snow

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The snowdrops, hellebores and winter aconites? —Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 17 Feb. 2023

Look for winter aconite — a bright yellow, six-petaled flower — as early as late March below the Rock Garden and south of the Education and Visitors Center. —Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2022

Try planting bulbs such as daffodils, ornamental onions, grape hyacinth, fritillaria, snowdrops, winter aconite and Siberian squill that are more resistant to animals. —Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 13 Nov. 2021

The yellow flowers are winter aconite (Eranthus hyemalis) and the white flowers are snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis or Galanthus elwesii). —Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2021

Snowdrops typically grow 3 to 8 inches in height, and are also easy to grow and will perform well in the same settings as winter aconite. —Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2021

This would provide one small drift of either snowdrops or winter aconite. —Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2021

But crocus are, in fact, corms, and winter aconite and Grecian windflower grow from hard, lumpy tubers. —Marty Ross, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2021

Most of these tiny bulbs are hardy in Zones 3-8, except for winter aconite, rock garden iris, and windflowers, which are hardy in Zones 5-8. —Marty Ross, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

1597, in the meaning defined above