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ground frost [′grau̇nd ‚frȯst]

(meteorology)

In British usage, a freezing condition injurious to vegetation, which is considered to have occurred when a minimum thermometer exposed to the sky at a point just above a grass surface records a temperature (grass temperature) of 30.4°F (-0.9°C) or below.

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