claytonia

[ kley-toh-nee-uh ]

noun

1. any of the low, succulent plants constituting the genus Claytonia of the purslane family, having basal leaves and long clusters of white or rose-colored flowers.

claytonia

/ kleɪˈtəʊnɪə /

noun

1. any low-growing North American succulent portulacaceous plant of the genus Claytonia

Word History and Origins

Origin of claytonia¹

< New Latin (Linnaeus), named after Dr. John Clayton (1693–1773), Virginia botanist; -ia

Word History and Origins

Origin of claytonia¹

C18: named after John Clayton (1693–1773), American botanist

Example Sentences

Her name is Claytonia, and she lives in pleasant places in the woods, and hides under the leaves in winter-time.

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The most striking of all the wild flowers that I have ever seen in Alaska is a species of white claytonia.

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I had never before stood amid blooming claytonia, a flower of April, and looked down upon a field that held ripening strawberries.

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The Claytonia Virginica observed in flower in favorable spots.

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These were Apios tuberosa, and Claytonia acutiflora, or Virginiana.

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