FROST-WEED

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers; the eastern United States

Synonyms:

frost-weed; frostweed; Verbesina virginica; Virginia crownbeard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("frost-weed" is a kind of...):

crown-beard; crown beard; crownbeard (any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts

Synonyms:

Crocanthemum canadense; frost-weed; frostweed; frostwort; Helianthemum canadense