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FROSTWORT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("frostwort" is a kind of...):
helianthemum; sun rose; sunrose (any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions)
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