clintonia

Related to clintonia: Clintonia uniflora

clin·to·ni·a

(klĭn-tō′nē-ə)

Any of various perennial herbs of the genus Clintonia in the lily family, native to North America and eastern Asia and having broad basal leaves, white, greenish-yellow, or purplish flowers, and blue or black berries.

[New Latin Clintonia, genus name, after DeWitt Clinton.]

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clintonia

(klɪnˈtəʊnɪə)

(Plants) any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia, having white, greenish-yellow, or purplish flowers, broad ribbed leaves, and blue berries

[C19: named after De Witt Clinton (1769–1828), US politician and naturalist]

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clin•to•ni•a

(klɪnˈtoʊ ni ə)

n., pl. -ni•as.

any plant of the genus Clintonia, of the lily family, having white or yellow flowers on a short stalk.

[< New Latin (1818), after De Witt Clinton; see -ia]

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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

Clinton's lily

liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber

genus Clintonia - sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae

Andrew's clintonia, Clintonia andrewsiana, red Clintonia - plant with nearly leafless stalk topped by a cluster of red or reddish lavender flowers; California to Oregon

Clintonia borealis, yellow clintonia, heal all - common woodland herb of temperate North America having yellow nodding flowers and small round blue fruits

bride's bonnet, Clintonia uniflora, queen's cup - plant with 1 or 2 white starlike flowers on short leafless stalks; Alaska to California and east to Oregon and Montana

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