Frostwort

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Frostwort \Frost`wort"\, n. (Bot.)
     Same as {Frostweed}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  frostwort
       n : 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 [syn: {frostweed}, {frost-weed}, {Helianthemum
           canadense}, {Crocanthemum canadensei}]