The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mariposa lily \Ma`ri*po"sa lil`y\ [Sp. mariposa a butterfly + E. lily. So called from the gay appearance 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.
Wiktionary
n. One of several species of a genus ((taxlink Calochortus genus noshow=1)) that grow in dry grasslands and semideserts, tulip-like bulbous herbs with large and often brightly colored blossoms.
WordNet
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]
Usage examples of "mariposa lily".
The fields were starred with violet camass, blue-flag and golden mariposa lily, and still dotted with a thinned-out scattering of huge oaks that gave the whole valley the look of a great park.