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Definition of frost-blite in English:
frost-blite
noun
rareFat hen, Chenopodium album (family Amaranthaceae), a widespread annual weed having leaves with a frost-like white coating.
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in James Petiver (c1665–1718), botanist and entomologist.
