HyperDic: mariposa_lily

English > 1 sense of the expression mariposa lily:
NOUNplantmariposa lily, mariposa, mariposa tulipany of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals
English > mariposa lily: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico.
Synonymsmariposa, mariposa tulip
Member ofCalochortus, genus Calochortuslarge genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs
Narrowerdesert mariposa tulip, Calochortus kennedyimariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems
sagebrush mariposa tulip, Calochortus macrocarpusmariposa having loose clusters of one to three handsome lilac flowers resembling umbels atop stout erect stems
star tulip, elegant cat's ears, Calochortus eleganssmall 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 luteusmariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems
Broaderliliaceous plantplant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
Spanishmariposa

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