Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mariposa lily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables: mari-posa lily
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of several species in the genus Calochortus that grow in dry grasslands and semideserts, characterized as tuliplike, bulbous herbs with large and often brightly colored blossoms.

Etymology

From Spanish mariposa (“butterfly”) + lily. So called from the attractive appearance of the blossoms.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: mariposa

Inflected Forms

mariposa lilies (plural)

Synonyms

butterfly lily sego lily mariposa mariposa tulip

Questions

What does mariposa lily mean?: Any member of several species in the genus Calochortus that grow in dry grasslands and semideserts, characterized as tuliplike, bulbous herbs with large and often brightly colored blossoms.
Where does mariposa lily come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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