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Definition of Clintonia
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Liliaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Clintonia
Specialized synonyms: Andrew's Clintonia, Clintonia Andrewsiana, Red Clintonia, Clintonia Borealis, Heal All, Yellow Clintonia, Bride's Bonnet, Clintonia Uniflora, Queen's Cup
Definition of Clintonia
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clintonia
Literary usage of Clintonia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Flower Garden: Or, Breck's Book of Flowers; in which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1856)
"clintonia elegans. — Elegant clintonia. — A beautiful ten« der annual, with
delicate foliage, and rich blue flowers in great profusion; six inches high; ..."
2. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"Flowers 15—30, in an umbel or a corymb, white, odorous, much smaller than ill
the preceding species. Small-flowered clintonia. 4. POI. ..."
3. Atlantic Journal and Friend of Knowledge by C S Rafinesque (1833)
"OF clintonia. Of all the New Genera of Plant which I claim to have established
and well named, to few am I more partial than to the beautiful G. clintonia ..."
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