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Definition of Mariposa tulip
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
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mariposa Tulip
Literary usage of Mariposa tulip
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Popular Studies of California Wild Flowers by Bertha Marguerite Rice, Roland Rice (1920)
"It would probably be more correct to say mariposa tulip than Mariposa Lily, for
botanists place them in the tulip family. The rather tall, cup-shaped, ..."
2. The Quarterly (1901)
"... which is a tulip, was first reported from the island, and bears the name
of "Calochortus Catalinae," Wats, or "Catalina mariposa tulip. ..."
3. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1915)
"Channell Chemical Company Chicago Toronto London Berlin The graceful Golden Bowl
mariposa tulip of El Dorado county. California But little time this took in ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"For Fig Marigold, see Mesembryanthemum. Marsh Marigold is Caltha pa lust rie.
MARINE IVY. Cissus incisa. MARIPOSA LILY. See Calochortus. mariposa tulip. ..."
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