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Snow, Lorenzo

(Encyclopedia) Snow, Lorenzo, 1814–1901, American Mormon leader, b. Mantua, Ohio, studied at Oberlin College. Entering the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1836), Snow became an apostle…

snow plant

(Encyclopedia) snow plant: see Indian pipe.

Indian pipe

(Encyclopedia) Indian pipe, common name for the genus Monotropa and for the family Monotropaceae, low flowering plants of north temperate zones. They are chlorophylless saprophytes with a funguslike…

Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument

(Encyclopedia) Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, 330,780 acres (133,860 hectares), N Calif., est. 2015. Jointly managed by Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, the monument extends…

igloo

(Encyclopedia) iglooiglooĭgˈl&oomacr; [key] [Inuit,=house]. The Eskimos traditionally had three types of houses. A summer house, which was basically a tent, a winter house, which was usually…

snowshoes

(Encyclopedia) snowshoes, footgear enabling the wearer to walk on soft snow without sinking. A snowshoe consists of a light frame of tough wood or aluminum, roughly the shape of a large tennis racket…

John Snow, 2003 News

public official, was confirmed as treasury secretary in February, replacing Paul H. O'Neill, whom the president felt had not been an effective spokesman for the administration's economic…

Snow-White and Rose-Red

Snow-White and Rose-Red There was once a poor widow who lived in a lonely cottage. In front of the cottage was a garden wherein stood two rose-trees, one of which bore white and the other red…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Snow

by EmilyDickinsonNovemberThe Blue JayThe Snow The Snow It sifts from leaden sieves, It powders all the wood, It fills with alabaster wool The wrinkles of the road. It makes an even face…

Tony Snow, 2006 News

journalist and political commentator, resigned from his job at Fox News in April to become President Bush's press secretary, replacing Scott McClellan. A staunch conservative, Snow is known…