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WHITE DOGTOOTH VIOLET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white dogtooth violet mean? 

WHITE DOGTOOTH VIOLET (noun)
  The noun WHITE DOGTOOTH VIOLET has 1 sense:

1. North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriorsplay

  Familiarity information: WHITE DOGTOOTH VIOLET used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WHITE DOGTOOTH VIOLET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriors

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

blonde lilian; Erythronium albidum; white dog's-tooth violet; white dogtooth violet

Hypernyms ("white dogtooth violet" is a kind of...):

dog's-tooth violet; dogtooth; dogtooth violet (perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated)


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