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CALOCHORTUS ALBUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Calochortus albus mean?
• CALOCHORTUS ALBUS (noun)
The noun CALOCHORTUS ALBUS has 1 sense:
1. globe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowers; southern California
Familiarity information: CALOCHORTUS ALBUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Globe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowers; southern California
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Calochortus albus; white fairy lantern; white globe lily
Hypernyms ("Calochortus albus" is a kind of...):
fairy lantern; globe lily (any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers)
Holonyms ("Calochortus albus" is a member of...):
Calochortus; genus Calochortus (large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs)
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