資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Mariposa lily \Ma`ri*po"sa lil`y\ [Sp. mariposa a butterfly + E.
lily. So called from the gay apperance of the blossoms.]
(Bot.)
One of a genus ({Calochortus}) of tuliplike bulbous herbs
with large, and often gaycolored, blossoms. Called also
{butterfly lily}. Most of them are natives of California.
資料來源 : WordNet®
mariposa lily
n : any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having
tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals;
southwestern United States and Mexico [syn: {mariposa}, {mariposa
tulip}]