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TROUT LILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does trout lily mean?
• TROUT LILY (noun)
The noun TROUT LILY has 1 sense:
1. eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors
Familiarity information: TROUT LILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
amberbell; Erythronium americanum; trout lily; yellow adder's tongue
Hypernyms ("trout lily" is a kind of...):
dog's-tooth violet; dogtooth; dogtooth violet (perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated)
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