ice flowers
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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.
Nearby words
ice feathers, ice field, ice fish, ice fishing, ice floe, ice flowers, ice fog, ice foot, ice front, ice hockey, ice house
Origin of ice flowers
First recorded in 1905–10
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Examples 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.
Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy|Frank Richard Stockton