mariposa lily
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1. any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | liliaceous plant, |
| definition | : | plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | calochortus elegans, elegant cat's ears, star tulip, |
| definition | : | small plant with slender bent stems bearing branched clusters of a few white star-shaped flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears; southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon to Montana (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | calochortus kennedyi, desert mariposa tulip, |
| definition | : | mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems; southern California to Arizona and Mexico (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | calochortus macrocarpus, sagebrush mariposa tulip, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
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