WordNet
snow-in-summer
n. annual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk [syn: snow-on-the-mountain, ghost weed, Euphorbia marginata]
chickweed with hairy silver-gray leaves and rather large white flowers [syn: love-in-a-mist, Cerastium tomentosum]
Wikipedia
Snow-in-summer
Snow-in-summer is a common name for several different plants:
- Cerastium tomentosum, a low-growing flowering plant of European origin
- Melaleuca alternifolia, the Australian tree from which tea tree oil is obtained
- Melaleuca linariifolia, also known as the narrow-leaved paperbark and flax-leaved paperbark
- Vriesea 'Snow In Summer', a hybrid cultivar of the genus Vriesea in the Bromeliad family.
Usage examples of "snow-in-summer".
The patio was sheltered on its north and east sides by a spectacular rockery, densely planted with maiden pink and rockrose and snow-in-summer.