frost flowers

American  

plural noun

1. ice flowers.

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Etymology

Origin of frost flowers

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

The ship, too, quickly transformed into a frozen castle, with frost flowers dangling from the railings and ropes.

From Scientific American • Oct. 15, 2019

The ground was frozen hard and the carriage windows were covered with frost flowers.

From On the Cross A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Hillern, Wilhelmine von

Plant upright, stocky, surviving till frost; flowers pale purple; tubers pink or reddish, large, oblong, often irregular; flesh dry and farinaceous.

From The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use. by Burr, Fearing

The little round hat was gracefully wound with frost flowers until it looked like a wreath upon the pale gold of the glorious hair.

From Joyce of the North Woods by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)

The tiny kerosene lamp burned in the window, but the frost flowers bloomed on the window-panes.

From Seven Icelandic Short Stories by Steingrímur J. Þorsteinsson