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WHITE DOG'S-TOOTH VIOLET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white dog's-tooth violet mean? 

WHITE DOG'S-TOOTH VIOLET (noun)
  The noun WHITE DOG'S-TOOTH VIOLET has 1 sense:

1. North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriorsplay

  Familiarity information: WHITE DOG'S-TOOTH VIOLET used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WHITE DOG'S-TOOTH VIOLET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

blonde lilian; Erythronium albidum; white dog's-tooth violet; white dogtooth violet

Hypernyms ("white dog's-tooth violet" is a kind of...):

dog's-tooth violet; dogtooth; dogtooth violet (perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated)


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