| 单词 | mariposa lily |
| 释义 | mariposa lily (once / 319441 pages) n WORD FAMILY mariposa lily: mariposa lilies USAGE EXAMPLESWaist-high violet lupines, delicate mariposa lilies and knee-high shooting stars left us no room to walk. Washington Post(Aug 17, 2014) Calochortus.—Beautiful bulbous plants, called mariposa lilies, requiring warm sheltered spots in rich gritty and well-drained soil. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2012) Conspicuous and characteristic flowers of the lower altitudes are the mariposa lily, iris, wallflower, gaillardia, and numerous species of cinquefoil, pentstemon, and evening primrose. United States. Dept. of the Interior, Rocky Mountain [Colorado] National...(2011) n any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico Syn|Hypo|Hyper mariposa, mariposa tulip Calochortus elegans, elegant cat's ears, star tulip 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 Calochortus kennedyi, desert mariposa tulipmariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems; southern California to Arizona and Mexico Calochortus luteus, yellow mariposa tulipmariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges Calochortus macrocarpus, sagebrush mariposa tulipmariposa 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 liliaceous plant plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber |
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