clintonia

clin·to·ni·a

C0410400 (klĭn-tō′nē-ə)n. 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.

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

clintonia

(klɪnˈtəʊnɪə) n (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]

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 berriesClinton's lilyliliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tubergenus Clintonia - sometimes placed in family ConvallariaceaeAndrew's clintonia, Clintonia andrewsiana, red Clintonia - plant with nearly leafless stalk topped by a cluster of red or reddish lavender flowers; California to OregonClintonia borealis, yellow clintonia, heal all - common woodland herb of temperate North America having yellow nodding flowers and small round blue fruitsbride'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