| 单词 | mariposa lily |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmariposa lily 1. In full mariposa lily, mariposa tulip. Any plant of the genus Calochortus (family Liliaceae), the members of which have brightly coloured flowers and are native to western North America and Central America; spec. one with large, erect, cup-shaped flowers.Horticulturalists often divide the genus into three sections: mariposa lilies sensu stricto; star tulips, with erect star-shaped flowers; and globe tulips, with nodding globular flowers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > mariposa lily butterfly tulip1860 star tulip1860 wild tulip1861 mariposa lily1868 butterfly lily1880 satin bells1897 1868 A. Wood in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 169 This splendid flower..has long been known to the native Californians by the name of Mariposa (Spanish for butterfly). 1882 Garden 30 Sept. 291/1 The Mariposa Lily. 1898 A. M. Davidson Calif. Plants 123 Mariposas are..sometimes called globe tulips. 1911 J. Muir My First Summer in Sierra 43 The grasses and flowers in glorious array,..monardella, Mariposa tulips, lupines. 1920 B. M. Rice & R. Rice Pop. Stud. Calif. Wild Flowers 27 It would probably be more correct to say Mariposa Tulip than Mariposa Lily, for botanists place them in the tulip family. 1925 J. L. Cotter Culture of Bulbs 108 The name Calochortus now embraces the Mariposa Lily proper, and the Star Tulip. 1946 D. C. Peattie Road of Naturalist (U.K. ed.) i. 20 You find mariposas all over the West. 1971 P. M. Synge Collins Guide to Bulbs (ed. 2) 71 It is in..the Mariposa lilies or Mariposa tulips that we chiefly find the most outstanding horticultural plants [of the genus Calochortus]. 1971 P. M. Synge Collins Guide to Bulbs (ed. 2) 73 The leaves of this section are..more conspicuous than those of the Mariposas. 1993 Harrowsmith Dec. 65 (caption) With its broad, bell-shaped, up-facing blossoms, the Mariposa lily (Calochortus macrocarpus) is..the ‘most beautiful native plant of the Okanagan’. < as lemmas |
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