YELLOW MARIPOSA TULIP

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Meaning:

Mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges

Synonyms:

Calochortus luteus; yellow mariposa tulip

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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