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Noun: sagebrush mariposa tulip
  1. Mariposa having loose clusters of one to three handsome lilac flowers resembling umbels atop stout erect stems; arid northwestern North America east of Cascade Mountains from southern British Columbia to northern California
    - Calochortus macrocarpus

Derived forms: sagebrush mariposa tulips

Type of: mariposa, mariposa lily, mariposa tulip

Part of: Calochortus, genus Calochortus