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mariposa lily
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mariposa lily has 1 sense
- mariposa lily(n = noun.plant) mariposa, mariposa tulip - any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico; Array is a kind of liliaceous plant
is a member of calochortus, genus calochortus
has particulars: calochortus elegans, elegant cat's ears, star tulip, calochortus kennedyi, desert mariposa tulip, calochortus luteus, yellow mariposa tulip, calochortus macrocarpus, sagebrush mariposa tulip
CIDE DICTIONARY
mariposa lily, [Sp. mariposa a butterfly + E. lily. So called from the gay appearance of the blossoms.].
One of a genus (Calochortus ) of tuliplike bulbous herbs with large, and often gaycolored, blossoms. Called also butterfly lily . Most of them are natives of California. [1913 Webster]
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