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AVALANCHE LILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does avalanche lily mean? 

AVALANCHE LILY (noun)
  The noun AVALANCHE LILY has 1 sense:

1. perennial herb having large white flowers marked with orange; found near the snow line in the northwestern United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: AVALANCHE LILY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


AVALANCHE LILY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial herb having large white flowers marked with orange; found near the snow line in the northwestern United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

avalanche lily; Erythronium montanum

Hypernyms ("avalanche lily" is a kind of...):

liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)

Holonyms ("avalanche lily" is a member of...):

Erythronium; genus Erythronium (perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lily)


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