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CALOCHORTUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Calochortus mean? 

CALOCHORTUS (noun)
  The noun CALOCHORTUS has 1 sense:

1. large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbsplay

  Familiarity information: CALOCHORTUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CALOCHORTUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Calochortus; genus Calochortus

Hypernyms ("Calochortus" is a kind of...):

liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)

Meronyms (members of "Calochortus"):

mariposa; mariposa lily; mariposa tulip (any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico)

fairy lantern; globe lily (any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers)

cat's-ear (any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears)

Calochortus albus; white fairy lantern; white globe lily (globe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowers; southern California)

Calochortus amabilis; golden fairy lantern; yellow globe lily (globe lily having open branched clusters of clear yellow egg-shaped flowers; northern California)

Calochortus amoenus; rose globe lily (globe lily with deep rose-pink or purple egg-shaped flowers on flexuous stems; western slopes of Sierra Nevada in San Joaquin Valley)

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 tulip (mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems; southern California to Arizona and Mexico)

Calochortus luteus; yellow mariposa tulip (mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges)

Calochortus macrocarpus; sagebrush mariposa tulip (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)

Holonyms ("Calochortus" is a member of...):

family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)


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