claytonia

[ kley-toh-nee-uh ]

noun

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.

Origin of claytonia

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

Words Nearby claytonia

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How to use claytonia in a sentence

Her name is claytonia, and she lives in pleasant places in the woods, and hides under the leaves in winter-time.
A Little Garden Calendar for Boys and Girls | Albert Bigelow Paine
The most striking of all the wild flowers that I have ever seen in Alaska is a species of white claytonia.
The Land of Tomorrow | William B Stephenson, Jr.
I had never before stood amid blooming claytonia, a flower of April, and looked down upon a field that held ripening strawberries.
Riverby | John Burroughs
The claytonia Virginica observed in flower in favorable spots.
Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
These were Apios tuberosa, and claytonia acutiflora, or Virginiana.
The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom | P. L. Simmonds

British Dictionary definitions for claytonia

claytonia

/ (kleɪˈtəʊnɪə) /

noun

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

Origin of claytonia

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

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