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fritillaria micrantha |
fritillaria mutica |
fritillaria parviflora |
fritillaria pluriflora |
fritillaria recurva |
fritillary
| fritinancy
| frittata
| fritter
| fritter away
| fritter batter
fritillary
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fritillary has 2 senses
- fritillary(n = noun.plant) checkered lily - any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers; Array is a member of fritillaria, genus fritillaria
- fritillary(n = noun.animal) Array - butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver; Array is a kind of brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly
has particulars: fritillaria affinis, fritillaria lanceolata, fritillaria mutica, mission bells, rice-grain fritillary, black fritillary, fritillaria biflora, mission bells, fritillaria agrestis, stink bell, crown imperial, fritillaria imperialis, fritillaria liliaceae, white fritillary, checkered daffodil, fritillaria meleagris, guinea-hen flower, leper lily, snake's head fritillary, brown bells, fritillaria micrantha, fritillaria parviflora, adobe lily, fritillaria pluriflora, pink fritillary, fritillaria recurva, scarlet fritillary
is a kind of bulbous plant
has particulars: silverspot
CIDE DICTIONARY
fritillary, n.
- A plant with checkered petals, of the genus Fritillaria: the Guinea-hen flower. See Fritillaria. [1913 Webster]
- One of several species of butterflies belonging to
Argynnis and allied genera; -- so called because the coloring of their wings resembles that of the commonFritillaria . See Aphrodite. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fritillary, n. (pl. -ies)
1 any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria, esp. snake's head, having pendent bell-like flowers.
2 any of various butterflies, esp. of the genus Argynnis, having red-brown wings chequered with black.
1 any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria, esp. snake's head, having pendent bell-like flowers.
2 any of various butterflies, esp. of the genus Argynnis, having red-brown wings chequered with black.
Etymology
mod.L fritillaria f. L fritillus dice-box
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