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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mariposa lily \Ma`ri*po"sa lil`y\ [Sp. mariposa a butterfly + E. lily. So called from the gay apperance of the blossoms.] (Bot.) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Calochortus n : large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs [syn: {Calochortus}, {genus Calochortus}]
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