calochortus : Idioms & Phrases
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calochortus albus
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noun globe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowers; southern California
white fairy lantern; white globe lily.
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calochortus amabilis
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noun globe lily having open branched clusters of clear yellow egg-shaped flowers; northern California
golden fairy lantern; yellow globe lily.
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calochortus amoenus
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noun globe lily with deep rose-pink or purple egg-shaped flowers on flexuous stems; western slopes of Sierra Nevada in San Joaquin Valley
rose globe lily.
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calochortus elegans
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noun 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 Montana
star tulip; elegant cat's ears.
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calochortus kennedyi
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noun mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems; southern California to Arizona and Mexico
desert mariposa tulip.
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calochortus luteus
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noun mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges
yellow mariposa tulip.
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calochortus macrocarpus
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noun mariposa having loose clusters of one to three handsome lilac flowers resembling umbels atop stout erect stems; arid northwestern North America east of Cascade Mountains from southern British Columbia to northern California
sagebrush mariposa tulip.
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calochortus nuttallii
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noun perennial plant having clusters of one to four showy white bell-shaped flowers atop erect unbranched stems; edible bulbs useful in times of scarcity; eastern Montana and western North Dakota south to northern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico
sego lily.
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genus calochortus
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noun large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs
Calochortus.
