English > Calochortus: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs. |
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| Synonym | genus Calochortus |
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| Member of | Liliaceae, family Liliaceae, lily family | Includes species sometimes divided among the following families |
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| Members | cat's-ear | Any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears |
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| desert mariposa tulip, Calochortus kennedyi | mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems |
| globe lily, fairy lantern | Any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers |
| mariposa, mariposa tulip, mariposa lily | Any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals |
| rose globe lily, Calochortus amoenus | globe lily with deep rose-pink or purple egg-shaped flowers on flexuous stems |
| sagebrush mariposa tulip, Calochortus macrocarpus | mariposa having loose clusters of one to three handsome lilac flowers resembling umbels atop stout erect stems |
| star tulip, elegant cat's ears, Calochortus elegans | small plant with slender bent / bent stems bearing branched clusters of a few white star-shaped flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears |
| white globe lily, white fairy lantern, Calochortus albus | globe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowers |
| yellow globe lily, golden fairy lantern, Calochortus amabilis | globe lily having open branched clusters of clear yellow egg-shaped flowers |
| yellow mariposa tulip, Calochortus luteus | mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems |
| Broader | liliid monocot genus | genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils |
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| Spanish | calochortus, genus calochortus |
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| Catalan | calochortus, genus calochortus |
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