Crossword-Solution: MARIPOSA 8 letters, 14 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 12

One of these lilies, the calochortus, several species of which are well known in California as the “Mariposa tulips,” has received great consideration at the hands of the Mormons, for to it hundreds of them owe their lives.

There was now no farther light than what proceeded from a small earthen pan on the floor, filled with water and oil, on which floated a small piece of card with a lighted wick in the middle, which simple species of lamp is called “mariposa.” I now laid my carpet bag on the bench as a pillow, and flung myself down.

The Mariposa Lily, on the other hand, is a poppy-shaped flower varying from white to purple, and with each petal decorated by an "eye" exactly like those on the great Cecropia or Polyphemus moths, so that their effect is that of a flock of gorgeous butterflies come to rest.

The hillside was covered with Mariposa lilies and wild hyacinth, down through which his horse dropped slowly, with circumspect feet and reluctant gait.

Eileen rayed loveliness like a Mariposa lily, and purred in utter contentment like a deftly stroked kitten.