frost flowers

plural noun

1. ice flowers ( def 2 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of frost flowers¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Penelope was pressing her eager, excited little face close to the frost-flowers on the sitting-room window.

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Frost-flowers dulled the inner glories of the shop windows with their unwelcome decoration.

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About his head a wreath of moon-coloured buds like frost-flowers was set.

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Feathery frost-flowers on the window framed the picture like a screen of delicate embroidery.

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The goldenrod beside the stone walls along the road was a bright yellow, and the blue frost flowers were beginning to blossom.

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