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snow-in-summer - 2 dictionary results

snow-in-sum⋅mer

[snoh-in-suhm-er]
–noun
a mat-forming garden plant, Cerastium tomentosum, of the pink family, native to Italy, having white flowers and numerous narrow, white, woolly leaves in large patches, growing in sand.

Origin:
1885–90
snow-in-sum·mer   (snō'ĭn-sŭm'ər)
n.  A woolly, white, mat-forming perennial herb (Cerastium tomentosum) native to Italy and widely cultivated in rock gardens for its showy white flowers with notched petals.
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