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Noun: star tulip
  1. 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, Calochortus elegans

Derived forms: star tulips

Type of: mariposa, mariposa lily, mariposa tulip

Part of: Calochortus, genus Calochortus

Encyclopedia: Star tulip