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CLATONIA LANCEOLATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Clatonia lanceolata mean? 

CLATONIA LANCEOLATA (noun)
  The noun CLATONIA LANCEOLATA has 1 sense:

1. 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 cormplay

  Familiarity information: CLATONIA LANCEOLATA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CLATONIA LANCEOLATA (noun)


Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Clatonia lanceolata; spring beauty

Hypernyms ("Clatonia lanceolata" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("Clatonia lanceolata" is a member of...):

Claytonia; genus Claytonia (genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white or pink flowers usually in terminal racemes)


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