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Meaning of frost-tender | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Of plants: unable to tolerate frost, and liable to die if exposed to it.

Examples

“I found out to my cost that the tree fern I brought back from New Zealand was frost-tender, and it didn't survive the winter.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

frost-worked frost, freezing frostbitten frostbound frostburned frosted