DESERT MARIPOSA TULIP
Dictionary entry overview: What does desert mariposa tulip mean? • DESERT MARIPOSA TULIP (noun)
The noun DESERT MARIPOSA TULIP has 1 sense:
1. mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems; southern California to Arizona and Mexico
Familiarity information: DESERT MARIPOSA TULIP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DESERT MARIPOSA TULIP (noun)
Meaning:
Mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems; southern California to Arizona and Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Calochortus kennedyi; desert mariposa tulip
Hypernyms ("desert 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 ("desert mariposa tulip" is a member of...):
Calochortus; genus Calochortus (large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs)
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