frostflower

frostflower
/frawst"flow'euhr, frost"-/, n.
1. a plant, Milla biflora, of the amaryllis family, native to the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
2. its waxy-white, starlike flower.
3. any aster. Also called Mexican star (for defs. 1, 2).
[1825-35, Amer.; FROST + FLOWER]

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