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GENUS CLINTONIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Sometimes placed in family Convallariaceaeplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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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