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Claytonia
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Clay-to′ni-a
,p
rop.
Noun.
[Named after
Dr. John
, an American botanist.] Clayton
(Bot.)
An American genus of perennial herbs with delicate blossoms; – sometimes called
spring beauty
. Definition 2024
Claytonia
Claytonia
See also: claytonia
Translingual
Proper noun
Claytonia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Portulacaceae – spring beauty.
Hyponyms
- (genus): Claytonia virginica (type species)
- For more species see
Claytonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia and 
Claytonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- For more species see
claytonia
claytonia
See also: Claytonia
English
A claytonia, Claytonia virginica
Noun
claytonia (plural claytonias)
- Any plant in the taxonomic genus Claytonia.
- 1999, Eliot Coleman, Barbara Damrosch, Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long,
- We may harvest a salad of mache, endive hearts, and claytonia.
- 1999, Eliot Coleman, Barbara Damrosch, Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long,