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A former municipality of Ontario, Canada, now part of the city of Kawartha Lakes.
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A rural municipality of Saskatchewan, Canada.
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A census-designated place, the county seat of Mariposa County, California, United States.
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A town and capital of the Pampa Hermosa District in Satipo Province, Peru.
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A mariposa lily (Calochortus spp.).
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Former name of Yokuts (“a member of Native American group”).
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any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: mariposa tulip, mariposa lily
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Broader terms: liliaceous plant
Narrower terms: star tulip, elegant cat's ears, Calochortus elegans, desert mariposa tulip, Calochortus kennedyi, yellow mariposa tulip, Calochortus luteus, sagebrush mariposa tulip, Calochortus macrocarpus
History
Borrowed from Spanish mariposa (“a butterfly”).
