Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Calochortus"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mariposa lily \Ma`ri*po"sa lil`y\ [Sp. mariposa a butterfly + E.
lily. So called from the gay apperance of the blossoms.]
(Bot.)
One of a genus ({Calochortus}) of tuliplike bulbous herbs
with large, and often gaycolored, blossoms. Called also
{butterfly lily}. Most of them are natives of California.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Calochortus
n : large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous
herbs [syn: {Calochortus}, {genus Calochortus}]
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