what does genus Calochortus mean?

GENUS CALOCHORTUS as NOUN

Meaning
- large genus of western North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs
Synonym(s)
- Calochortus (what does Calochortus mean?)
Hypernyms(s) genus Calochortus is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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