elegant cat's ears

elegant cat's ears
noun
small plant with slender bent stems bearing branched clusters of a few white star-shaped flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears; southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon to Montana
Hypernyms: ↑mariposa, ↑mariposa tulip, ↑mariposa lily
Member Holonyms: ↑Calochortus, ↑genus Calochortus

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