melanthiaceae

Example:The Trillium grandiflorum, also known as white trillium, is the provincial flower of Ontario, Canada.

Definition:A genus of plants in the family Melanthiaceae that includes a number of species of native woodland wildflowers often with white, pink, or purple trimerous flowers and usually trifoliate leaves.

Example:In spring, the daffodils bloom, painting the hillsides with a golden hue.

Definition:A genus of plants in the family Amaryllidaceae that includes a number of species of flowered bulbs, sometimes mistakenly called 'trumpet daffodils'.

Example:The Native Americans used the bulbs of Camassia to make a bread-like food called ksob or tsobs.

Definition:A genus of perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae that includes the common camas, also known as 'Camassia>, which have large, showy flowers and are native to the western United States and Canada.

Example:Gentlemen assembled ar privileged oculi herbariorum, to observe the effects of bleeders, purge-herbs, and catharistics upon the vegetative system.

Definition:A plant used in food for flavoring, food preservation, or traditional medicine.

Example:Clouds of blue Camas and Fawn lily bulbs carpeted the prairie.

Definition:A modified, thickened underground stem in plants, such as an onion, that stores food and from which new growth occurs in the spring.