HyperDic: helianthemum_canadense

English > 1 sense of the expression Helianthemum canadense:
NOUNplantHelianthemum canadense, frostweed, frost-weed, frostwort, Crocanthemum canadenseperennial of the eastern United States having early solitary yellow flowers followed by late petalless flowers
English > Helianthemum canadense: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningperennial 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.
Synonymsfrostweed, frost-weed, frostwort, Crocanthemum canadense
Broaderhelianthemum, sunrose, sun roseAny plant of the genus Helianthemum

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