(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. Crocanthemum canadense, frost-weed, frostwort, Helianthemum canadense
(n) a tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lily-like waxy white flowers, Syn. Polianthes tuberosa
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