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Description: used a plant with a milk-white flower and a black root to stave off paralysis in children suffering from polio. The plant, called snowdrop, turned out to contain a compound called galantamine that prevented the disruption of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, making it effective in treating not only polio

Monty Don

That first snowdrop, the flowering of the rose you pruned, a lettuce you grew from seed, the robin singing just for you. These are smallthings but all positive, all healing in a way that medicine tries to mimic.

English Celebrity

Robert Burns

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.

Scottish Poet

Snowdrop refers to an early blooming flower, symbolizing the end of winter.

Early Bloom

Snowdrops often symbolize hope and rebirth, as they appear when winter fades.

Emotional Symbol

The name 'snowdrop' connects the flower's white color to the look of snow.

Visual Cue

 used a plant with a milk-white flower and a black root to stave off paralysis in children suffering from polio. The plant, called snowdrop, turned out to contain a compound called galantamine that prevented the disruption of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine, making it effective in treating not only polio

Snowdrop

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