NOUN
- any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium
How To Use brodiaea In A Sentence
- On the way downhill they picked a giant bouquet of paintbrush and brodiaea and a few late blossoms of Nootka rose. FOLLY
- Of the lily family, fritillaria, smilacina, chlorogalum and several fine species of brodiaea, Ithuriel's spear, and others less prized are common, and the favorite calochortus, or Mariposa lily, a unique genus of many species, something like the tulips of Europe but far finer. The Yosemite
