Noun: elegant cat's ears
- Small plant with slender bent stems bearing branched clusters of a few white star-shaped flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears; southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon to Montana
"Elegant cat's ears bloomed in the alpine meadow";
- star tulip, Calochortus elegans
Type of: mariposa, mariposa lily, mariposa tulip
Part of: Calochortus, genus Calochortus
Encyclopedia: Elegant cat's ears