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CLINTONIA ANDREWSIANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Clintonia andrewsiana mean? 

CLINTONIA ANDREWSIANA (noun)
  The noun CLINTONIA ANDREWSIANA has 1 sense:

1. plant with nearly leafless stalk topped by a cluster of red or reddish lavender flowers; California to Oregonplay

  Familiarity information: CLINTONIA ANDREWSIANA used as a noun is very rare.


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CLINTONIA ANDREWSIANA (noun)


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 ("Clintonia andrewsiana" 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 ("Clintonia andrewsiana" is a member of...):

genus Clintonia (sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae)


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