claytonia

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claytonia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Claytonia \Clay*to"ni*a\, prop. n. [Named after Dr. John
     Clayton, an American botanist.] (Bot.)
     An American genus of perennial herbs with delicate blossoms;
     -- sometimes called spring beauty.
     [1913 Webster]

claytonia - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Claytonia
      n 1: genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white
           or pink flowers usually in terminal racemes [syn:
           Claytonia, genus Claytonia]