HyperDic: clintonia

English > 1 sense of the word clintonia:
NOUNplantclintonia, Clinton's lilyany 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 > clintonia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia having broad basal leaves and white or yellowish or purplish flowers followed by blue or black berries.
SynonymClinton's lily
Member ofgenus Clintoniasometimes placed in family Convallariaceae
Narrowerqueen's cup, bride's bonnet, Clintonia unifloraplant with 1 or 2 white starlike flowers on short leafless stalks
red Clintonia, Andrew's clintonia, Clintonia andrewsianaplant with nearly leafless stalk topped by a cluster of red or reddish lavender flowers
yellow clintonia, heal all, Clintonia borealisCommon woodland herb of temperate North America having yellow nodding flowers and small round blue fruits
Broaderliliaceous plantplant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
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