| globe lily | (n) any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers, Syn. fairy lantern |
| rose globe lily | (n) globe lily with deep rose-pink or purple egg-shaped flowers on flexuous stems; western slopes of Sierra Nevada in San Joaquin Valley, Syn. Calochortus amoenus |
| white globe lily | (n) globe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowers; southern California, Syn. white fairy lantern, Calochortus albus |
| yellow globe lily | (n) globe lily having open branched clusters of clear yellow egg-shaped flowers; northern California, Syn. Calochortus amabilis, golden fairy lantern |