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WHITE FAIRY LANTERN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does white fairy lantern mean?
• WHITE FAIRY LANTERN (noun)
The noun WHITE FAIRY LANTERN has 1 sense:
1. globe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowers; southern California
Familiarity information: WHITE FAIRY LANTERN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Globe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowers; southern California
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Calochortus albus; white fairy lantern; white globe lily
Hypernyms ("white fairy lantern" is a kind of...):
fairy lantern; globe lily (any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers)
Holonyms ("white fairy lantern" is a member of...):
Calochortus; genus Calochortus (large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs)
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