frost flowers
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of frost flowers
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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The ship, too, quickly transformed into a frozen castle, with frost flowers dangling from the railings and ropes.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 15, 2019
Tate and me has given Joyce a real smart white dress, and she's trimmed her old hat all up with little frost flowers.
From Joyce of the North Woods by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock
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 Fearing Burr
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
The winter was severe, and mother and child hibernated together by the sweet-scented pinewood fires till the stronger sun had melted the frost flowers on the panes.
From The Mormon Prophet by Lily Dougall
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