noun
perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated
• Syn: ↑dogtooth violet, ↑dogtooth
• Hypernyms: ↑liliaceous plant
• Hyponyms:
↑white dogtooth violet, ↑white dog's-tooth violet, ↑blonde lilian, ↑Erythronium albidum, ↑yellow adder's tongue, ↑trout lily, ↑amberbell, ↑Erythronium americanum, ↑European dogtooth, ↑Erythronium dens-canis, ↑fawn lily, ↑Erythronium californicum, ↑glacier lily, ↑snow lily, ↑Erythronium grandiflorum
• Member Holonyms: ↑Erythronium, ↑genus Erythronium
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variant of dogtooth violet
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dog's-tooth violet see ↑dogtooth violet below.
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Main Entry: ↑dog
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dogtooth violet or dog's-tooth violet noun
Any plant of the genus Erythronium
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Main Entry: ↑dog
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dog's-tooth violet «DGZ TOOTH, DOGZ-»,
= dogtooth violet. (Cf. ↑dogtooth violet)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.