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Mariposa   /mˌærɪpˈoʊsə/   Listen
Mariposa

noun
1.
Any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico.  Synonyms: mariposa lily, mariposa tulip.



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"Mariposa" Quotes from Famous Books



... with Stephen M. Cunningham for my guide, I went up the Mariposa trail seven miles to Artist's Point, and there under a big pine tree, on a rock jutting out over the valley, sat and gazed at the wondrous walls with their peaks and spires and domes. I could take in not only the whole circuit of the mountain ...
— The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) • Ida Husted Harper


Words linked to "Mariposa" :   mariposa lily, star tulip, Calochortus, genus Calochortus, elegant cat's ears, liliaceous plant, Calochortus luteus, Calochortus kennedyi, Calochortus elegans, Calochortus macrocarpus


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