spring beauty en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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Any of various species of flowering plant of the genus Claytonia, primarily native to the Americas and northeastern Asia.
On the lane below, more orangetips nectared on spring beauties and violets.
2010, Robert Michael Pyle, Mariposa Road: The First Butterfly Big Year, page 123:
- (obsolete) A small American butterfly, the early hairstreak (Erora laeta), which appears in spring. The hind wings of the male are brown, bordered with deep blue; those of the female are mostly blue.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| spring beauties | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| springbeauty | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Great Basin spring beauty · Carolina spring beauty · Ogilvie Mountains spring beauty · Brandegee's spring beauty · Siberian spring beauty · Virginia spring beauty · redstem spring beauty · tuberous spring beauty · western spring beauty · Arctic spring beauty · Jonesville spring beauty · lanceleaf spring beauty · heartleaf spring beauty · serpentine spring beauty · springbeauty · gypsum spring beauty · Sierra spring beauty · Beringian spring beauty · alpine spring beauty · eastern spring beauty · Rocky Mountain spring beauty · Madrean spring beauty