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Mariposa lily

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any member of several species of a genus Calochortus that grow in dry grasslands and semideserts, tulip-like bulbous herbs with large and often brightly colored blossoms.
  2. 2
    any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico wordnet

Etymology

From Spanish mariposa (“butterfly”) + lily. So called from the attractive appearance of the blossoms.

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