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Definition of Spring beauty
1. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Claytonia, Genus Claytonia
Definition of Spring beauty
1. Noun. Any of various species of flowering plant of the genus ''Claytonia'', primarily native to the Americas and northeastern Asia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spring Beauty
Literary usage of Spring beauty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"Petals pale rose-color, entire or slightly emarginate. Smaller than the preceding.
Broad-leaved spring beauty. ORDER LII. ..."
2. Ten New England Blossoms and Their Insect Visitors by Clarence Moores Weed (1895)
"Ill THE spring beauty Has Nature colored this ring for the express purpose of
showing insects the way to the honey receptacle ? I examined with regard to ..."
3. Wild Flowers Worth Knowing by Neltje Blanchan, Asa Don Dickinson (1917)
"... soap-like lather when its bruised leaves are agitated in water. 'PURSLANE
FAMILY (Portulacaceae) spring beauty; Claytonia Claytonia virginica ..."
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