Crossword clues for frostwort
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Frostwort
Frostwort \Frost`wort"\, n. (Bot.) Same as Frostweed.
Wiktionary
frostwort
n. frostweed
WordNet
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]
Usage examples of "frostwort".
The Canadian Rock Rose is called Frostwort and Frostweed, because crystals of ice shoot from the cracked bark below the stem during freezing weather in the autumn.