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Meaning of FROSTWEED

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers; the eastern United States
  2. [n]  perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers; so-called because ice crystals form on it during first frosts
 
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 Synonyms: Crocanthemum canadensei, frostwort, Helianthemum canadense, Verbesina virginica, Virginia crownbeard
 
 See Also: crown beard, crownbeard, helianthemum, sun rose, sunrose

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Frost"weed`\, n. (Bot.)
An American species of rockrose ({Helianthemum Canadense}),
sometimes used in medicine as an astringent or aromatic
tonic.
Note: It has large yellow flowers which are often sterile,
      and later it has abundant but inconspicuous flowers
      which bear seed. It is so called because, late in
      autumn, crystals of ice shoot from the cracked bark at
      the root; -- called also frostwort.
 

 

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