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]