Definition of fritillary Fritillary
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NounPlural: fritillaries |
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| fritillary - any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers | ||
| checkered lily | ||
| bulbous plant plant growing from a bulb | ||
| fritillaria, genus fritillaria fritillary | ||
| fritillaria affinis, fritillaria lanceolata, fritillaria mutica, rice-grain fritillary, mission bells herb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowers | ||
| black fritillary, fritillaria biflora, mission bells herb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowers | ||
| fritillaria agrestis, stink bell a malodorous California herb with bell-shaped flowers; a common weed in grainfields | ||
| crown imperial, fritillaria imperialis Eurasian herb with a cluster of leaves and orange-red bell-shaped flowers at the top of the stem | ||
| fritillaria liliaceae, white fritillary California herb with white conic or bell-shaped flowers usually tinged with green | ||
| checkered daffodil, fritillaria meleagris, guinea-hen flower, leper lily, snake's head fritillary Eurasian checkered lily with pendant flowers usually veined and checkered with purple or maroon on a pale ground and shaped like the bells carried by lepers in medieval times; widely grown as an ornamental | ||
| brown bells, fritillaria micrantha, fritillaria parviflora California herb with brownish-purple or greenish bell-shaped flowers | ||
| adobe lily, fritillaria pluriflora, pink fritillary California herb with pinkish purple flowers | ||
| fritillary - butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver | ||
| brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- fritillary (n.)
A plant with checkered petals, of the genus Fritillaria: the Guinea-hen flower. See Fritillaria. - fritillary (n.)
One of several species of butterflies belonging to Argynnis and allied genera; -- so called because the coloring of their wings resembles that of the common Fritillaria. See Aphrodite.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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fritillary
frit′il-lar-i, n. a genus of plants of the order Liliaceæ, with drooping purple flowers: a species of butterfly. [L. fritillus, a dice-box.]
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🔤- fritillary, noun, singular of fritillaries.
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