MARIPOSA LILY


Meaning of MARIPOSA LILY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌma-rə-ˈpō-zə-, -sə- ]

noun

Etymology: probably from American Spanish mariposa, from Spanish, butterfly

Date: 1882

: any of a genus ( Calochortus ) of western North American plants of the lily family with showy flowers having three petals and three sepals — called also mariposa tulip — compare sego lily

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