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frost•weed
(frôst′wēd′, frost′-),USA pronunciation n.
- Plant Biologya plant, Helianthemum canadense, of the rockrose family, native to eastern North America, having narrow leaves and a solitary yellow flower.
- 1830–40, American; frost + weed1; so called from the ice crystals which form on it during the first frosts
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