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FROST-WEED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does frost-weed mean?
• FROST-WEED (noun)
The noun FROST-WEED has 2 senses:
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 frosts
2. tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers; the eastern United States
Familiarity information: FROST-WEED used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("frost-weed" is a kind of...):
helianthemum; sun rose; sunrose (any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers; the eastern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
frost-weed; frostweed; Verbesina virginica; Virginia crownbeard
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)
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