DESERT MARIPOSA TULIP

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems; southern California to Arizona and Mexico

Synonyms:

Calochortus kennedyi; desert mariposa tulip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("desert mariposa tulip" 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 ("desert mariposa tulip" is a member of...):

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

Credits