"spring beauty" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spring beauties [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} spring beauty (plural spring beauties)
  1. Any of various species of flowering plant of the genus Claytonia, primarily native to the Americas and northeastern Asia. Categories (lifeform): Caryophyllales order plants, Gossamer-winged butterflies
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  2. (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. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-spring_beauty-en-noun-66mguix4 Derived forms: alpine spring beauty (taxonomic: Claytonia megarhiza), Arctic spring beauty (taxonomic: Claytonia arctica), Beringian spring beauty (taxonomic: Claytonia tuberosa), Brandegee's spring beauty (taxonomic: Claytonia saxosa), Carolina spring beauty (taxonomic: Claytonia caroliniana), eastern spring beauty (taxonomic: Claytonia virginica), Great Basin spring beauty (taxonomic: Claytonia umbellata), gypsum spring beauty (taxonomic: Claytonia gypsophiloides), heartleaf spring beauty (taxonomic: Claytonia cordifolia), Jonesville spring beauty (taxonomic: Claytonia palustris), lanceleaf spring beauty (taxonomic: Claytonia lanceolata), Madrean spring beauty (taxonomic: Claytonia rosea), Ogilvie Mountains spring beauty (taxonomic: Claytonia ogilviensis), redstem spring beauty (taxonomic: Claytonia rubra), serpentine spring beauty (taxonomic: Claytonia exigua), Rocky Mountain spring beauty (taxonomic: Claytonia rosea), Siberian spring beauty (taxonomic: Claytonia sibirica), Sierra spring beauty (taxonomic: Claytonia nevadensis), springbeauty (taxonomic: Claytonia virginica), tuberous spring beauty (taxonomic: Claytonia tuberosa), Virginia spring beauty (taxonomic: Claytonia virginica), weastern spring beauty (taxonomic: Claytonia lanceolata)

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