frostweed


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Related to frostweed: Helianthemum canadense
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Noun1.Frostweed - perennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowersfrostweed - 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
Crocanthemum canadense, frost-weed, frostwort, Helianthemum canadense
helianthemum, sun rose, sunrose - any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions
2.Frostweed - tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowersfrostweed - tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers; the eastern United States
Verbesina virginica, Virginia crownbeard, frost-weed
crown beard, crownbeard, crown-beard - any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads
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