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:

↑mariposa, ↑mariposa tulip, ↑mariposa lily, ↑globe lily, ↑fairy lantern, ↑cat's-ear, ↑white globe lily, ↑white fairy lantern, ↑Calochortus albus, ↑yellow globe lily, ↑golden fairy lantern, ↑Calochortus amabilis, ↑rose globe lily, ↑Calochortus amoenus, ↑star tulip, ↑elegant cat's ears, ↑Calochortus elegans, ↑desert mariposa tulip, ↑Calochortus kennedyi, ↑yellow mariposa tulip, ↑Calochortus luteus, ↑sagebrush mariposa tulip, ↑Calochortus macrocarpus

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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]