calochortus luteus

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   mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges

   Synonymsyellow mariposa tulip

   Broadermariposa

   Part ofCalochortus

Questions about calochortus luteus

What does calochortus luteus mean?

calochortus luteus means "mariposa having clusters of a few large deep yellow bell-shaped flowers atop slender stems; California coastal ranges".

What is another word for calochortus luteus?

Close synonyms include yellow mariposa tulip. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is calochortus luteus a common word?

calochortus luteus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.