calochortus
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1. large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | liliid monocot genus, |
| definition | : | genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | mariposa, mariposa lily, mariposa tulip, |
| definition | : | any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | fairy lantern, globe lily, |
| definition | : | any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | cat's-ear, |
| definition | : | any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | calochortus amoenus, rose globe lily, |
| definition | : | globe lily with deep rose-pink or purple egg-shaped flowers on flexuous stems; western slopes of Sierra Nevada in San Joaquin Valley (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | calochortus elegans, elegant cat's ears, star tulip, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | calochortus kennedyi, desert mariposa tulip, |
| definition | : | mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems; southern California to Arizona and Mexico (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | calochortus luteus, yellow mariposa tulip, |
| definition | : | mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges (noun.plant) |
| member holonym | : | calochortus macrocarpus, sagebrush mariposa tulip, |
| definition | : | mariposa having loose clusters of one to three handsome lilac flowers resembling umbels atop stout erect stems; arid northwestern North America east of Cascade Mountains from southern British Columbia to northern California (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | family liliaceae, liliaceae, lily family, |
| definition | : | includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae (noun.plant) |
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