frostweed

noun

: any of several plants upon which ice crystals form during the first frosts: such as

a

: an American plant of the genus Helianthemum see frostwort

b

: a salt-marsh fleabane (Pluchea camphorata)

Word History

First Known Use

1817, in the meaning defined above

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