Meaning

noun plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions

noun ball of ice cream covered with coconut and usually chocolate sauce

noun ball of crushed ice with fruit syrup

originFrom Middle English snoweball, snoweballe, snaweballe, snayballe, equivalent to snow + ball. Cognate with Scots snawbaw, German Schneeball, Luxembourgish Schnéiball, Dutch sneeuwbal, Afrikaans sneeubal, Limburgish snieëbal, West Frisian sniebal, Saterland Frisian Sneebaal, Sneebal, Swedish snöboll, Elfdalian sniųoboll, Danish snebold, Norwegian Bokmål snøball, Norwegian Nynorsk snøball and…

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