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mariposa

/ ˌmærɪˈpəʊzə, -sə /

noun

  1. Also called: mariposa lily. mariposa tulip.any of several liliaceous plants of the genus Calochortus, of the southwestern US and Mexico, having brightly coloured tulip-like flowers

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mariposa1

C19: from Spanish: butterfly; from the likeness of the blooms to butterflies
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We’d left him sitting by the riverbank, drying under a mulberry tree, the tiny mariposas clinging to his mouth and nostrils as if trying to resuscitate him.

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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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