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Mariposa Moderate

Mariposa has 3 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico

2

A mariposa lily.

Proper Noun
1

A former municipality of Ontario, Canada, now part of the city of Kawartha Lakes.

See Also
cdp county seat saskatchewan kawartha lakes ontario mariposa county usa california
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
liliaceous plant
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
star tulip desert mariposa tulip yellow mariposa tulip sagebrush mariposa tulip

Origin

The word comes from Spanish, where it originally meant a butterfly. It was borrowed directly from that language to describe the insect.

Rhyming Words
osa losa gosa dosa sosa mosa rosa cosa tosa xhosa alosa icosa coosa diosa noosa serosa derosa rugosa gamosa lycosa
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