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any temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Clintonia having broad basal leaves and white or yellowish or purplish flowers followed by blue or black berries

↑red Clintonia, ↑Andrew's clintonia, ↑Clintonia andrewsiana, ↑yellow clintonia, ↑heal all, ↑Clintonia borealis, ↑queen's cup, ↑bride's bonnet, ↑Clintonia uniflora

1. capitalized : a genus of perennial herbs (family Liliaceae) having yellow or white flowers on a naked stalk in early summer with the stalk sheathed below by the bases of two to four oblong or ovate leaves

2. -s : any plant of the genus Clintonia — called also Clinton's lily

/klin toh"nee euh/, n.

any plant of the genus Clintonia, of the lily family, comprising stemless plants with a few broad, ribbed, basal leaves, and white, greenish-yellow, or rose-colored flowers on a short stalk.

[1818; named after De Witt CLINTON; see -IA]