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AVALANCHE LILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial herb having large white flowers marked with orange; found near the snow line in the northwestern United States
Synonyms:
avalanche lily; Erythronium montanum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("avalanche lily" is a kind of...):
liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)
Holonyms ("avalanche lily" is a member of...):
Erythronium; genus Erythronium (perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lily)