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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Mariposa lily

/mărˌ-ĭp-ōs'-ə lĭl'-ē/ · Ma·ri·po·sa lil·y · IPA
01 One of a genus (Calochortus) of tuliplike bulbous herbs with large, and often gaycolored, blossoms. Called also butterfly lily. Most of t…
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    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.(Bot.) Also: butterfly lily