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Definition: butterfly lily
Mariposa lily
\Ma`ri*po"sa lil`y\ [Sp. mariposa a butterfly + E.
lily. So called from the gay appearance of the blossoms.]
(Bot.)
One of a genus (
Calochortus) of tuliplike bulbous herbs
with large, and often gaycolored, blossoms. Called also
butterfly lily. Most of them are natives of California.
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