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YELLOW MARIPOSA TULIP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow mariposa tulip mean? 

YELLOW MARIPOSA TULIP (noun)
  The noun YELLOW MARIPOSA TULIP has 1 sense:

1. mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal rangesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


YELLOW MARIPOSA TULIP (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Calochortus luteus; yellow mariposa tulip

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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