Frostwort \Frost`wort"\, n. (Bot.)
Same as {Frostweed}.
frostwort
n : 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}, {frost-weed}, {Helianthemum
canadense}, {Crocanthemum canadensei}]