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Noun: mariposa tulip
  1. Any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico
    "The delicate mariposa tulip lilies were a highlight of the desert bloom";
    - mariposa, mariposa lily

Derived forms: mariposa tulips

Type of: liliaceous plant

Part of: Calochortus, genus Calochortus

Encyclopedia: Mariposa tulip