Frost-tender

adj

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Adjective
  1. 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."

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"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."

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