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Next morning the panes of the kitchen window were covered with ice, and the most beautiful ice-flowers that even a snow-man could desire, only they blotted out the stove.
The Pink Fairy Book 2003
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Long before daybreak he was awake, and his first thought was of the wonderful ice-flowers.
Soap-Bubble Stories For Children Fanny Barry
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It was an interesting study in the formation of sea-ice, covered at times by very beautiful ice-flowers.
The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1922
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Hugh and I crept from our bed and peered through the window, but it opened the wrong way; we could only look down the lane, whereas the noise seemed to come from just above us, near the stable door; unluckily, the frost had covered the window with ice-flowers, so that we could not see through the glass.
Jim Davis John Masefield 1922
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The sea which had been kept open by the wind was immediately overspread with thin, dark ice, which in a few hours was dotted with many ice-flowers aggregates of fern-like, sprouting fronds similar to small bouquets or rosettes.
The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Douglas Mawson 1920
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They are not unlike ice-flowers, but they are also like heather and fir trees and all sorts of other things, for all plants are related.
In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales August Strindberg 1880
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Jasper-like ribbons of green and blue alternated with streaks and dashes of all the colours of the rainbow, strewn with enamelled arabesques, sparkling crystals, and delicate ice-flowers.
The Fur Country 1874
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They bore the most beautiful ice-flowers that any snow man could desire; but they concealed the stove.
What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales Alfred Walter Bayes 1840
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All of Mario's other power-ups and abilities are old favorites -- fire-flowers, ice-flowers (that can also hurl freezing snowballs), starmans, and more make a comeback.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2009
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All of Mario's other power-ups and abilities are old favorites -- fire-flowers, ice-flowers (that can also hurl freezing snowballs), starmans, and more make a comeback.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2009
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