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frostweed

frostweed

9.9
A plant that makes thin ice ribbons on its stems during first frosts and has yellow flowers
  • noun
  • /ˈfrɔstˌwid/
  • Specialized
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  • In late autumn, you can see ice curling from the stems of frostweed on chilly mornings.

Examples

  • The frostweed bloomed with bright yellow flowers at the edge of the forest.

  • Botanists are fascinated by how frostweed produces delicate ribbons of ice during the season's first frost.

  • Look at that frostweed!

  • What a beautiful frostweed!

  • In late autumn, you can see ice curling from the stems of frostweed on chilly mornings.

  • Botanists are fascinated by how frostweed produces delicate ribbons of ice during the season's first frost.

  • The frostweed bloomed with bright yellow flowers at the edge of the forest.

Synonyms

Helianthemum canadense
vsfrostweed
  • Specialized
9.9

A plant from eastern North America with early yellow flowers and ice crystals on its stems

is identical in description and features to this linked concept
Crocanthemum canadense
vsfrostweed
  • Specialized
9.9

A North American plant with early yellow flowers that forms ice crystals on its stems in frost

focuses more on ice forming in early frosts than on flower arrangement
frostwort
vsfrostweed
  • Specialized
9.9

A plant that lives many years, makes early yellow flowers, and gets ice crystals at first frost

uses a different common name form while keeping similar features
frost-weed
vsfrostweed
  • US
9.9

A plant that lives for many years and makes thin ice at its base during frost and has white flowers

focuses on early yellow flowers and ice crystals specifically on stems

Surface Forms

frostweed singular
frostweeds plural

Morphology

frostweed = frost + weed (transparent) = frost + weed

The compound directly names a plant notable for forming frost on its stems; the components transparently indicate this characteristic.

Etymology

Frostweed is made from two common words: frost ('thin ice') and weed ('wild plant'). It gets this name because in the first frosts the stems can push out thin ribbons of ice, so the word reminds you both of the plant and the delicate ice that forms on it during cold mornings.