STAR TULIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does star tulip mean? 

• STAR TULIP (noun)
  The noun STAR TULIP has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: STAR TULIP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STAR TULIP (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 Montana

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Calochortus elegans; elegant cat's ears; star tulip

Hypernyms ("star 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 ("star tulip" is a member of...):

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