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CALOCHORTUS AMOENUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Calochortus amoenus mean? 

CALOCHORTUS AMOENUS (noun)
  The noun CALOCHORTUS AMOENUS has 1 sense:

1. globe lily with deep rose-pink or purple egg-shaped flowers on flexuous stems; western slopes of Sierra Nevada in San Joaquin Valleyplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CALOCHORTUS AMOENUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Calochortus amoenus; rose globe lily

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

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

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

Calochortus; genus Calochortus (large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs)


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