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frostweed

frost·weed

uncommon

noun

1.

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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Origin

From frost + weed. Late in autumn, crystals of ice shoot from the cracked bark at the root.

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