avalanche lily

avalanche lily

n.

Either of two small western North American plants (Erythronium grandiflorum or E. montanum) in the lily family, having delicate golden-yellow or white flowers.

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[So called because they grow near the snow line and bloom when the snow begins to melt.]

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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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