mariposa : Idioms & Phrases
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desert mariposa tulip
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noun mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems; southern California to Arizona and Mexico
Calochortus kennedyi.
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mariposa lily
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noun any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico
mariposa; mariposa lily.
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Ma`ri*po"sa lil`y
Etymology
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(Bot.) One of a genus ( Calochortus ) of tuliplike bulbous herbs with large, and often gaycolored, blossoms. Called alsobutterfly lily . Most of them are natives of California.
Webster 1913
mariposa tulip
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noun any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico
mariposa; mariposa lily.
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sagebrush mariposa tulip
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noun 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
Calochortus macrocarpus.
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yellow mariposa tulip
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noun mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges
Calochortus luteus.