snow-in-summer

American  

[snoh-in-suhm-er] / ˈsnoʊ ɪnˈsʌm ər /

noun

1. a mat-forming garden plant, Cerastium tomentosum, of the pink family, native to Italy, having white flowers and numerous narrow, white, woolly leaves in large patches, growing in sand.

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snow-in-summer British  

noun

1. another name for dusty miller

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Etymology

Origin of snow-in-summer

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

In the neighbourhood of Torquay, fir-cones are designated oysters, and in Sussex the Arabis is called "snow-on-the-mountain," and "snow-in-summer."

From The Folk-lore of Plants by Dyer, T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton)