Claytonia

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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