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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



... Francisco, and crossing the Tuolumne and Stanislaus and Merced, by the little Spanish town of Hornitos, and Snelling's Tavern, at the ford of the Merced, where so many fatal fights are had. Thence I went to Mariposa County, and Colonel Fremont's mines, and made an interesting visit to "the Colonel," as he is called all over the country, and Mrs. Fremont, a heroine equal to either fortune, the salons of Paris and the drawing-rooms of New York and Washington, or the ...
— Two Years Before the Mast • Richard Henry Dana



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



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