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SPRING BEAUTY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small slender plant having one pair of succulent leaves at the middle of the stem and a loose raceme of white or pink or rose bowl-shaped flowers and an edible corm
Synonyms:
Clatonia lanceolata; spring beauty
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("spring beauty" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Holonyms ("spring beauty" is a member of...):
Claytonia; genus Claytonia (genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white or pink flowers usually in terminal racemes)