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

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 Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)

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)

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 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 Dougall, Lily