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CALOCHORTUS LUTEUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Calochortus luteus mean?
• CALOCHORTUS LUTEUS (noun)
The noun CALOCHORTUS LUTEUS has 1 sense:
1. mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges
Familiarity information: CALOCHORTUS LUTEUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Calochortus luteus; yellow mariposa tulip
Hypernyms ("Calochortus luteus" is a kind of...):
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)
Holonyms ("Calochortus luteus" is a member of...):
Calochortus; genus Calochortus (large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs)
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