clintonia

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:
• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Clintonia

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\\klin.ˈtōnēə\ noun
Etymology: New Latin, from DeWitt Clinton died 1828 American statesman + New Latin -ia
1. capitalized : a genus of perennial herbs (family Liliaceae) having yellow or white flowers on a naked stalk in early summer with the stalk sheathed below by the bases of two to four oblong or ovate leaves
2. -s : any plant of the genus Clintonia — called also Clinton's lily

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/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 CLINTON; see -IA]

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