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    FROSTWEED

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers; the eastern United Statesplay

    Synonyms:

    frost-weed; frostweed; Verbesina virginica; Virginia crownbeard

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("frostweed" is a kind of...):

    crown-beard; crown beard; crownbeard (any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    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 frostsplay

    Synonyms:

    Crocanthemum canadense; frost-weed; frostweed; frostwort; Helianthemum canadense

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("frostweed" is a kind of...):

    helianthemum; sun rose; sunrose (any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions)

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