noun
genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white or pink flowers usually in terminal racemes
• Syn: ↑Claytonia
• Hypernyms: ↑caryophylloid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Portulacaceae, ↑family Portulacaceae, ↑purslane family
• Member Meronyms: ↑Carolina spring beauty, ↑Claytonia caroliniana, ↑spring beauty, ↑Clatonia lanceolata, ↑Virginia spring beauty, ↑Claytonia virginica
Useful english dictionary. 2012.