snow-in-summer

[ snoh-in-suhm-er ]

noun

1. a mat-forming garden plant, Cerastium tomentosum, of the pink family, native to Italy, having white flowers and numerous narrow, white, woolly leaves in large patches, growing in sand.

snow-in-summer

noun

1. another name for dusty miller

Word History and Origins

Origin of snow-in-summer¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Word History and Origins

Origin of snow-in-summer¹

C19: so called from the appearance of its flowers

Example Sentences

Ivy and salal were rooted out of the rockery, replaced with campanula, snow-in-summer and Marty’s favorite gentian blue lithodora.

From Seattle Times

In the neighbourhood of Torquay, fir-cones are designated oysters, and in Sussex the Arabis is called "snow-on-the-mountain," and "snow-in-summer."

From Project Gutenberg