ice flowers

ice flowers

[′īs ‚flau̇·ərz] (hydrology) Formations of ice crystals on the surface of a quiet, slowly freezing body of water. Delicate tufts of hoarfrost that occasionally form in great abundance on an ice or snow surface. Also known as frost flowers. Frost crystals resembling a flower, formed on salt nuclei on the surface of sea ice as a result of rapid freezing of sea water. Also known as salt flowers.