claytonia Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun genus of mainly North American succulent herbs with white or pink flowers usually in terminal racemes
    genus Claytonia.

WordNet

Clay*to"ni*a noun
Etymology
Named after Dr.John Clayton, an American botanist.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) An American genus of perennial herbs with delicate blossoms; -- sometimes called spring beauty.

Webster 1913