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frost-tender

frost-tender adjective: of plants: unable to tolerate frost, and liable to die if exposed to it.

Adjective

frost-tender (comparative more frost-tender, superlative most frost-tender)

  1. Of plants: unable to tolerate frost, and liable to die if exposed to it.
    • I found out to my cost that the tree fern I brought back from New Zealand was frost-tender, and it didn't survive the winter.

Forms of frost-tender

comparativemore frost-tender
superlativemost frost-tender
alternative formfrost tender

Questions about frost-tender

What does frost-tender mean?
Frost-tender means of plants: unable to tolerate frost, and liable to die if exposed to it.
What part of speech is frost-tender?
Frost-tender is an adjective.

Words near frost-tender in the dictionary

  1. frost-nails
  2. frost-proof
  3. frost-root
  4. frost-stache
  5. frost-staches
  6. frost-tender
  7. frost-worked
  8. frostbearer
  9. frostbearers
  10. frostbelt
  11. frostbelts

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