mariposa

/ ˌmærɪˈpəʊzə; -sə /

noun

any of several liliaceous plants of the genus Calochortus, of the southwestern US and Mexico, having brightly coloured tulip-like flowers Also calledmariposa lilymariposa tulip

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C19: from Spanish: butterfly; from the likeness of the blooms to butterflies

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Examples have not been reviewed.

We hiked through the sparse woods, making our way carefully down the beaten path we had created that summer, the summer of the mariposas.

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There are native and nonnative plants all around the Bowl, but this area in particular is home to Plummer’s mariposa lily, a rare plant.

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“Do any of you know what mariposa means?”

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And the alkali mariposa lily and ash meadows blazing star are among the plants that grow only along this river.

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Two endangered lilies — Green’s mariposa and Gentner’s fritillary — bloom purple and red each spring.

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