frostburns

Noun

frostburn (countable and uncountable, plural frostburns)

1. Damage to a plant due to frost which results is leaves looking burnt.
   • Precise groves set out on the hills west of Pomona (RIGHT) proved less vulnerable to frostburn than those on the flat, where the main protection was the towering eucalyptus windbreak and the sooty smudgepots.1968, Paul C. Johnson, Los Angeles: Portrait of an Extraordinary City, page 240
2. Synonym of frostbite.
   • Yet another hazard of LPG, particularly of propane, is that of frostburn, should the liquid come into contact with the skin.1985, Ralph William King, Roland Hudson, Construction Hazard and Safety Handbook, page 387

   Synonyms:

   frostbite