(n) mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems; southern California to Arizona and Mexico, Syn.Calochortus kennedyi
(n) 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, Syn.Calochortus macrocarpus
(n) any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico, Syn.mariposa lily, mariposa tulip
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
[ Sp. mariposa a butterfly + E. lily. So called from the gay appearance of the blossoms. ] (Bot.) One of a genus (Calochortus) of tuliplike bulbous herbs with large, and often gaycolored, blossoms. Called also butterfly lily. Most of them are natives of California. [ 1913 Webster ]
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