Calochortus

Calochortus
noun
large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs
Syn: ↑genus Calochortus
Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Liliaceae, ↑family Liliaceae, ↑lily family
Member Meronyms:

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\\ˌkaləˈkȯrd.əs\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from calo- + Greek chortos fodder, grass, farmyard — more at yard
: a large genus of western No. American leafy-stemmed herbs (family Liliaceae) having flowers with three sepals and three petals

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/kal'euh kawr"teuhs/, n., pl. calochortuses.
any plant of the genus Calochortus, of the lily family, as the mariposa lily and the sego lily.
[1813; < NL < Gk kal(ós) beautiful + -o- -O- + chórtos grass, fodder, orig. farmyard; see COHORT, GARTH, YARD2]

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