mar|i|po|sa lily

mar|i|po|sa lily
mar|i|po|sa lily or Mar|i|po|sa lily or Mar|i|po|sa tulip «MAR uh POH suh, -zuh»,
1. any one of a genus of plants of the lily family with tuliplike yellow, white, blue, or lilac flowers, growing in the western United States and in Mexico.
2. the flower.
[American English < Spanish mariposa butterfly]

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