frost-weed
n 1: 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, frostwort, Helianthemum
canadense, Crocanthemum canadensei]
2: tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers; the
eastern United States [syn: Virginia crownbeard, frostweed,
Verbesina virginica]
frostweed
n 1: 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: frost-weed, frostwort, Helianthemum
canadense, Crocanthemum canadensei]
2: tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers; the
eastern United States [syn: Virginia crownbeard, frost-weed,
Verbesina virginica]