frostweed
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of frostweed
1830–40, frost + weed 1; so called from the ice crystals which form on it during the first frosts
Example Sentences
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Why spend money and energy to save, say, the frostweed or the small whorled pogonia?
From Time Magazine Archive
The common European frostweed or Helianthemum vulgare will serve to illustrate his results.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
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