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black frost

–noun
intense cold without hoarfrost, causing vegetation to turn black. Compare frost (def. 2).

Origin:
1700–10
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black frost  
n.  A dry freeze without the protective formation of hoarfrost that results in the internal freezing and death of vegetation.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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