spring beauty

spring beauty

n. Any of various succulent, spring-flowering plants of the genus Claytonia, especially C. virginica, of eastern North America, having narrow leaves and racemes of white or pinkish flowers.

spring beauty

n (Plants) a pale green annual plant (Claytonia perfoliata) of the purslane family, originally North American, having small white flowers above fused leaves that encircle the stem

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

spring beauty - small slender plant having one pair of succulent leaves at the middle of the stem and a loose raceme of white or pink or rose bowl-shaped flowers and an edible cormClatonia lanceolataflower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossomsClaytonia, genus Claytonia - genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white or pink flowers usually in terminal racemes