mariposa (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *mariposa*:
NOUN	plant	mariposa, mariposa tulip, mariposa lily	any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals

English > *mariposa*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico.
Synonyms	mariposa tulip, mariposa lily
Member of	Calochortus, genus Calochortus	large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs
Narrower	desert mariposa tulip, Calochortus kennedyi	mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short 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
	yellow mariposa tulip, Calochortus luteus	mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems
Broader	liliaceous plant	plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
Spanish	mariposa

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