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/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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Universalium. 2010.