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spring beauty noun[ C ] uk /ˌsprɪŋ ˈbjuː.ti/ us /ˌsprɪŋ ˈbjuː.t̬i/ one of several small, wild plants, originally from North America, that have green leaves and small pink or white flowers in the early spring: Early blooming flowers include violets and spring beauties. We have lots of valuable plants, like spring beauty, trillium and trout lily, all rooted in the forest floor. It grows wild in the woods and is also known as winter purslane, spring beauty, or Indian lettuce. If you look real close at these spring beauties, you'll see an amazing pattern. The spring beauties, violets, and primroses are already up. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Flowers & flowering plants aconite adam-and-eve aeonium African daisy agapanthus edelweiss eglantine elderflower elephant ear erythronium locoweed loosestrife lords-and-ladies lotus love-in-a-mist sea pink sedum sego lily self-heal senecio |