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CALOCHORTUS ELEGANS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Calochortus elegans mean?
• CALOCHORTUS ELEGANS (noun)
The noun CALOCHORTUS ELEGANS has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: CALOCHORTUS ELEGANS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Calochortus elegans; elegant cat's ears; star tulip
Hypernyms ("Calochortus elegans" 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 elegans" is a member of...):
Calochortus; genus Calochortus (large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs)
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