| NOUN | plant | globe lily, fairy lantern | 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 | fairy lantern | |
| 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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