CROCANTHEMUM CANADENSE

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Crocanthemum canadense; frost-weed; frostweed; frostwort; Helianthemum canadense

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Hypernyms ("Crocanthemum canadense" is a kind of...):

helianthemum; sun rose; sunrose (any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions)

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