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FROSTWORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does frostwort mean? 

FROSTWORT (noun)
  The noun FROSTWORT has 1 sense:

1. 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 frostsplay

  Familiarity information: FROSTWORT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FROSTWORT (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

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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