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mariposa lily|mærɪˈpəʊsəˌlɪlɪ|
[f. Sp. mariposa butterfly + lily.]
A bulbous plant of the genus Calochortus, belonging to the family Liliaceæ, and native to the Pacific coast of North America and Mexico. Also mariposa tulip and absol.
1868A. Wood in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 169 This splendid flower [sc. Calochortus venustus]..has long been known to the native Californians by the name of Mariposa (Spanish for butterfly). 1869J. Muir Jrnl. 9 June in My First Summer in Sierra (1911) 43 The grasses and flowers in glorious array,..monardella, Mariposa tulips, lupines. 1882Garden 30 Sept. 291/1 The Mariposa Lily. 1920B. M. & R. Rice Pop. Stud. Calif. Wild Flowers 27 It would probably be more correct to say Mariposa Tulip than Mariposa Lily, for botanists place them in the tulip family. 1925J. L. Cotter Culture of Bulbs 108 The name Calochortus now embraces the Mariposa Lily proper, and the Star Tulip. 1934S. E. White Folded Hills 198 Here also were..mariposas. 1971P. M. Synge Collins Guide to Bulbs (ed. 2) 71 It is in..the Mariposa lilies or Mariposa tulips that we chiefly find the most outstanding horticultural plants [of the genus Calochortus]. Ibid. 73 The leaves of this section are..more conspicuous than those of the Mariposas. |