clinton[s_lily (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *Clinton's lily*:
NOUN	plant	Clinton's lily, clintonia	any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia having broad basal leaves and white or yellowish or purplish flowers followed by blue or black berries

English > *Clinton's lily*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia having broad basal leaves and white or yellowish or purplish flowers followed by blue or black berries.
Synonym	clintonia
Member of	genus Clintonia	sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae
Narrower	queen's cup, bride's bonnet, Clintonia uniflora	plant with 1 or 2 white starlike flowers on short leafless stalks
	red Clintonia, Andrew's clintonia, Clintonia andrewsiana	plant with nearly leafless stalk topped by a cluster of red or reddish lavender flowers
	yellow clintonia, heal all, Clintonia borealis	Common woodland herb of temperate North America having yellow nodding flowers and small round blue fruits
Broader	liliaceous plant	plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
Spanish	clintonia
Catalan	clintonia

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