sagebrush mariposa tulip

sagebrush mariposa tulip
noun
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
Hypernyms: ↑mariposa, ↑mariposa tulip, ↑mariposa lily
Member Holonyms: ↑Calochortus, ↑genus Calochortus

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  • mariposa tulip — noun 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, ↑mariposa lily • Hypernyms: ↑liliaceous plant • Hyponyms: ↑star tulip, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • mariposa — noun 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 tulip, ↑mariposa lily • Hypernyms: ↑liliaceous plant • Hyponyms: ↑star tulip, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • mariposa lily — noun 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, ↑mariposa tulip • Hypernyms: ↑liliaceous plant • Hyponyms: ↑star tulip, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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 …   Useful english dictionary

  • genus Calochortus — noun large genus of western North American leafy stemmed bulbous herbs • Syn: ↑Calochortus • Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Liliaceae, ↑family Liliaceae, ↑lily family …   Useful english dictionary

  • Calochortus macrocarpus — noun 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: ↑sagebrush …   Useful english dictionary

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