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avalanche lily

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avalanche lily
n.
A western North American corm-producing plant (Erythronium grandiflorum) in the lily family, having white or golden-yellow flowers with red anthers.
[So called because it grows near the snow line and blooms when the snow begins to melt.]
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Noun1.avalanche lily - perennial herb having large white flowers marked with orange; found near the snow line in the northwestern United States
Erythronium montanum
liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
Erythronium, genus Erythronium - perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lily


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Turner explains that from June until the first snowfall, native women would use a sharp digging tool to unearth "root" vegetables, including avalanche lily bulbs.
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