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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 ranges
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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