In a Word

bunnikin

n. an early flower

Already now the Snowdrop dares appear,

The first pale blossom of the unripened year:

As Flora’s breath, by some transforming power,

Had changed an icicle into a flower:

Its name and hue the scentless plant retains

And Winter lingers in its icy veins.

– Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743-1825)