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Webster 1913 Edition
Mariposa lily
Maˊri-po′sa lilˊy
.[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.