yellow clintonia

yellow clintonia
noun
common woodland herb of temperate North America having yellow nodding flowers and small round blue fruits
Hypernyms: ↑clintonia, ↑Clinton's lily
Member Holonyms: ↑genus Clintonia

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noun
: a common woodland herb (Clintonia borealis) of temperate regions of No. America with yellow nodding flowers and small round blue fruit

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  • Clintonia borealis — Systematik Monokotyledonen Ordnung: Lilienartige (Liliales) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • clintonia — noun 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 • Syn: ↑Clinton s lily • Hypernyms: ↑liliaceous plant • Hyponyms: ↑red Clintonia,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Clintonia borealis — noun common woodland herb of temperate North America having yellow nodding flowers and small round blue fruits • Syn: ↑yellow clintonia, ↑heal all • Hypernyms: ↑clintonia, ↑Clinton s lily • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Clintonia …   Useful english dictionary

  • Clintonia borealis — ID 20379 Symbol Key CLBO3 Common Name bluebead Family Liliaceae Category Monocot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CT, GA, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TN, VA, VT, WI,… …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • clintonia — ☆ clintonia [klin tō′nē ə ] n. [ModL, after CLINTON2 De Witt] any of a genus (Clintonia) of hardy plants of the lily family, with white or yellow flowers and blue berries …   English World dictionary

  • Clintonia borealis — Blue bead lily Clintonia borealis in bloom Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae …   Wikipedia

  • clintonia — noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from DeWitt Clinton Date: 1843 any of a genus (Clintonia) of herbs of the lily family with yellow, white, or purplish flowers …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • clintonia — /klin toh nee euh/, n. any plant of the genus Clintonia, of the lily family, comprising stemless plants with a few broad, ribbed, basal leaves, and white, greenish yellow, or rose colored flowers on a short stalk. [1818; named after De Witt… …   Universalium

  • clintonia — clin•to•ni•a [[t]klɪnˈtoʊ ni ə[/t]] n. pl. ni•as pln any plant of the genus Clintonia, of the lily family, having white or yellow flowers on a short stalk • Etymology: < NL (1818), after De Witt Clinton; see ia …   From formal English to slang

  • genus Clintonia — noun sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae • Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Liliaceae, ↑family Liliaceae, ↑lily family • Member Meronyms: ↑clintonia, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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