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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.

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Origin of ice flowers

First recorded in 1905–10

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

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