| frostwort 
 
 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 canadense
 • Hypernyms:
 helianthemum, sunrose, sun rose
 
 
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