ice flowers
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noun
formations of ice crystals on the surface of a still, slowly freezing body of water.
Also called frost flowers. delicate tufts of frost on a surface of ice or snow.
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Origin of ice flowers
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby ice flowers
ice feathers, ice field, ice fish, ice fishing, ice floe, ice flowers, ice fog, ice foot, ice-free, ice front, ice giant
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