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DESERT MARIPOSA TULIP
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems; southern California to Arizona and Mexico
Synonyms:
Calochortus kennedyi; desert mariposa tulip
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("desert mariposa tulip" is a kind of...):
mariposa; mariposa lily; mariposa tulip (any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico)
Holonyms ("desert mariposa tulip" is a member of...):
Calochortus; genus Calochortus (large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs)
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