frost flower

noun

1

a

: a small bulbous herb (Milla biflora) of Mexico and the southwestern U.S.

also : its star-shaped flower

called also floating star

b

: a plant of the genus Aster

c

: frostweed

2

: an ice crystal resembling a flower

especially : one formed on the ground or in the subsoil

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