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frostweed vs crown-beard

crown-beard vs frostweed

frostweed and crown-beard both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
frostweed Yes No No No
crown-beard Yes No No No
As nouns, crown-beard is a hypernym of frostweed; that is, crown-beard is a word with a broader meaning than frostweed:
  • frostweed: tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers; the eastern United States
  • crown-beard: any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads
Other hypernyms of frostweed include crown beard, crownbeard.
frostweed (noun) crown-beard (noun)
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 any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads
tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers; the eastern United States
Difference between frostweed and crown-beard

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