NOUN | plant | fairy lantern, globe lily | any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers |
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Meaning | Any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers. | |
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Synonym | globe lily | |
Member of | Calochortus, genus Calochortus | large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs |
Narrower | rose globe lily, Calochortus amoenus | globe lily with deep rose-pink or purple egg-shaped flowers on flexuous stems |
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 | |
Broader | liliaceous plant | plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber |
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