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ANDREW'S CLINTONIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Andrew's clintonia mean?
• ANDREW'S CLINTONIA (noun)
The noun ANDREW'S CLINTONIA has 1 sense:
1. plant with nearly leafless stalk topped by a cluster of red or reddish lavender flowers; California to Oregon
Familiarity information: ANDREW'S CLINTONIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plant with nearly leafless stalk topped by a cluster of red or reddish lavender flowers; California to Oregon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Andrew's clintonia; Clintonia andrewsiana; red Clintonia
Hypernyms ("Andrew's clintonia" is a kind of...):
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)
Holonyms ("Andrew's clintonia" is a member of...):
genus Clintonia (sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae)
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