Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Claytonia"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Portulacaceous \Por`tu*la*ca"ceous\, a. (Bot.)
Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants
({Portulacace[ae]}), of which Portulaca is the type, and
which includes also the spring beauty ({Claytonia}) and other
genera.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Claytonia \Clay*to"ni*a\, n. [Named after Dr.John Clayton, an
American botanist.] (Bot.)
An American genus of perennial herbs with delicate blossoms;
-- sometimes called {spring beauty}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Claytonia
n : genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white or
pink flowers usually in terminal racemes [syn: {Claytonia},
{genus Claytonia}]
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