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    CALOCHORTUS ELEGANS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small plant with slender bent stems bearing branched clusters of a few white star-shaped flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears; southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon to Montanaplay

    Synonyms:

    Calochortus elegans; elegant cat's ears; star tulip

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Calochortus elegans" is a kind of...):

    mariposa; mariposa lily; mariposa tulip (any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico)

    Holonyms ("Calochortus elegans" is a member of...):

    Calochortus; genus Calochortus (large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs)

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