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mariposa lily
[mar-uh-poh-suh, -zuh]
noun
any lily of the genus Calochortus, of the western U.S. and Mexico, having tuliplike flowers of various colors.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mariposa lily1
1880–85, < Spanish mariposa butterfly, moth; so named because blooms were likened to butterflies
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