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Definition of Mariposa
1. Noun. Any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico.
Generic synonyms: Liliaceous Plant
Group relationships: Calochortus, Genus Calochortus
Specialized synonyms: Calochortus Elegans, Elegant Cat's Ears, Star Tulip, Calochortus Kennedyi, Desert Mariposa Tulip, Calochortus Luteus, Yellow Mariposa Tulip, Calochortus Macrocarpus, Sagebrush Mariposa Tulip
Definition of Mariposa
1. a flowering plant [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mariposa
Literary usage of Mariposa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of California by Theodore Henry Hittell (1898)
"As affairs evolved, the mariposa estate in the hands of Fremont never amounted
to much; the advantages he derived bore no proportion to the obloquy he ..."
2. Ruling Cases by Irving Browne, Leonard Augustus Jones, James Tower Keen, John Melville Gould (1901)
"The mariposa, 1896, P. 274, 875. of 4405 tons gross register, from Montreal to
Liverpool, with 190 passengers, cargo, and mails, a crew of 106 hands all ..."
3. The New West: Or, California in 1867-1868 by Charles Loring Brace (1869)
"WHAT are called the Southern Mining Counties, in California, are those sending
out their treasure by Stockton—mariposa, Tuolumne, Calaveras and Ama- dor. ..."
4. The New West: Or, California in 1867-1868 by Charles Loring Brace (1869)
"WHAT are called the Southern Mining Counties, in California, are those sending
out their treasure by Stockton—mariposa, Tuolumne, Calaveras and Ama- dor. ..."
5. The Political Code of the State of California by California, Creed Haymond, John Chilton Burch (1874)
"An Act to better define the boundary line of mariposa and Fresno Bounties.
[Approved April 1,1872.] [Enacting clause. ..."
6. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1879)
"TFIE mariposa estate, a grant made by the Mexican Government to Juan 13. Alvarado,
during the time when California was still under the dominion of Mexico, ..."
7. Guide to the County Archives of California by California Historical Survey Commission, John Francis Davis (1919)
"mariposa COUNTY INTRODUCTION mariposa was one of the counties created in 1850,
and included in general all that part of the San Joaquin Valley and Sierra ..."
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