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VIRGINIA SPRING BEAUTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Virginia spring beauty mean? 

VIRGINIA SPRING BEAUTY (noun)
  The noun VIRGINIA SPRING BEAUTY has 1 sense:

1. small cormous perennial grown for its low rosette of succulent foliage and racemes of pink-tinged white flowers; eastern North Americaplay

  Familiarity information: VIRGINIA SPRING BEAUTY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VIRGINIA SPRING BEAUTY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small cormous perennial grown for its low rosette of succulent foliage and racemes of pink-tinged white flowers; eastern North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Claytonia virginica; Virginia spring beauty

Hypernyms ("Virginia spring beauty" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("Virginia 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)


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