| NOUN | plant | Calochortus macrocarpus, sagebrush mariposa tulip | mariposa having loose clusters of one to three handsome lilac flowers resembling umbels atop stout erect stems |
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| Meaning | mariposa having loose clusters of one to three handsome lilac flowers resembling umbels atop stout erect stems; arid northwestern North America east of Cascade Mountains from southern British Columbia to northern California. | |
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| Synonym | sagebrush mariposa tulip | |
| Member of | Calochortus, genus Calochortus | large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs |
| Broader | mariposa, mariposa tulip, mariposa lily | Any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals |
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