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ice flowers [′īs ‚flau̇·ərz]

(hydrology)

Formations of ice crystals on the surface of a quiet, slowly freezing body of water.

Delicate tufts of hoarfrost that occasionally form in great abundance on an ice or snow surface. Also known as frost flowers.

Frost crystals resembling a flower, formed on salt nuclei on the surface of sea ice as a result of rapid freezing of sea water. Also known as salt flowers.

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