CLINTONIA BOREALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Clintonia borealis mean? 

• CLINTONIA BOREALIS (noun)
  The noun CLINTONIA BOREALIS has 1 sense:

1. common woodland herb of temperate North America having yellow nodding flowers and small round blue fruits

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLINTONIA BOREALIS (noun)

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Meaning:

Common woodland herb of temperate North America having yellow nodding flowers and small round blue fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Clintonia borealis; heal all; yellow clintonia

Hypernyms ("Clintonia borealis" 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 borealis" is a member of...):

genus Clintonia (sometimes placed in family Convallariaceae)