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Origin of frost flowers

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby frost flowers

frostbitten, frost boil, frosted, frostfish, frostflower, frost flowers, frost-free, frost grape, frost heave, frost hollow, frosting

How to use frost flowers in a sentence

Penelope was pressing her eager, excited little face close to the frost-flowers on the sitting-room window.
Winter Fun|William O. Stoddard
Frost-flowers dulled the inner glories of the shop windows with their unwelcome decoration.
A Versailles Christmas-Tide|Mary Stuart Boyd
About his head a wreath of moon-coloured buds like frost-flowers was set.
The Three Mulla-mulgars|Walter De La Mare
Feathery frost-flowers on the window framed the picture like a screen of delicate embroidery.
Lorimer of the Northwest|Harold Bindloss

The goldenrod beside the stone walls along the road was a bright yellow, and the blue frost flowers were beginning to blossom.
The Great Quest|Charles Boardman Hawes