snow-in-summer

Definitions of snow-in-summer
  1. noun
    annual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk
    synonyms: Euphorbia marginata, ghost weed, snow-on-the-mountain
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    type of:
    spurge
    any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice
  2. noun
    chickweed with hairy silver-grey leaves and rather large white flowers
    synonyms: Cerastium tomentosum, love-in-a-mist
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    type of:
    chickweed, clammy chickweed, mouse ear, mouse eared chickweed, mouse-ear chickweed
    any of various plants related to the common chickweed
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