Noun: spring beauty spring'byoo-tee
- Small slender plant having one pair of succulent leaves at the middle of the stem and a loose raceme of white, pink or rose bowl-shaped flowers and an edible corm
"Spring beauty dotted the forest floor with delicate pink blossoms";
- Clatonia lanceolata
Derived forms: spring beauties
Type of: flower
Part of: Claytonia, genus Claytonia
Encyclopedia: Spring beauty