Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various perennial herbs of the genus Clintonia in the lily family, native to North America and eastern Asia and having broad basal leaves, white, greenish-yellow, or purplish flowers, and blue or black berries.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Well being an ex clintonia that wanna get free ...
George Stephanopoulos Responds To Obama, Defends Handling Of Debate 2009
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At the foot of the mountain the clintonia, or northern green lily, and the low shadbush were showing their berries, but long before the top was reached they were found in bloom.
In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs John Burroughs 1879
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Yes, he was again singing, this time not far from the road, in a moderately thick growth of small trees, under which the ground was carpeted with club-mosses, dog-tooth violets, clintonia, linnæa, and similar plants.
The Foot-path Way Bradford Torrey 1877
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Banking regulations deleted so we could return to the days of boom and bust. clintonia
Crooks and Liars John Amato 2011
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Still, they harvested plants and roots such as solomon’s seal, clintonia borealis, and bulbs of wild lilies.47
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Still, they harvested plants and roots such as solomon’s seal, clintonia borealis, and bulbs of wild lilies.47
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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