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    AVALANCHE LILY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Perennial herb having large white flowers marked with orange; found near the snow line in the northwestern United Statesplay

    Synonyms:

    avalanche lily; Erythronium montanum

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("avalanche lily" is a kind of...):

    liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)

    Holonyms ("avalanche lily" is a member of...):

    Erythronium; genus Erythronium (perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lily)

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