ice flowers
noun
formations of ice crystals on the surface of a still, slowly freezing body of water.
Also called frost flowers. delicate tufts of frost on a surface of ice or snow.
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First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby ice flowers
ice feathers, ice field, ice fish, ice fishing, ice floe, ice flowers, ice fog, ice foot, ice-free, ice front, ice giant
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Example sentences from the Web for ice flowers
The latter are more common, and have to produce apples, while the ice-flowers are uncommon, and of no possible use.
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