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WHITE DOGTOOTH VIOLET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does white dogtooth violet mean?
• WHITE DOGTOOTH VIOLET (noun)
The noun WHITE DOGTOOTH VIOLET has 1 sense:
1. North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriors
Familiarity information: WHITE DOGTOOTH VIOLET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WHITE DOGTOOTH 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 dogtooth violet" is a kind of...):
dog's-tooth violet; dogtooth; dogtooth violet (perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated)
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