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GENUS CLINTONIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Clintonia" is a kind of...):
liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)
Meronyms (members of "genus Clintonia"):
Clinton's lily; 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)
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; heal all; yellow clintonia (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)
Holonyms ("genus Clintonia" is a member of...):
family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)
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