Fritillary

/ˈfrɪdlˌɛri/

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Other forms: fritillaries

Definitions of fritillary

noun
butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver

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silverspot
butterfly with silver spots on the underside of the hind wings

type of:
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
noun
any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers

synonyms: checkered lily

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Fritillaria affinis, Fritillaria lanceolata, Fritillaria mutica, mission bells, rice-grain fritillary
herb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowers

Fritillaria biflora, black fritillary, mission bells
herb of southwestern United States having dark purple bell-shaped flowers mottled with green

Fritillaria agrestis, stink bell
a malodorous California herb with bell-shaped flowers; a common weed in grainfields

Fritillaria imperialis, crown imperial
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

Fritillaria meleagris, checkered daffodil, 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

Fritillaria micrantha, Fritillaria parviflora, brown bells
California herb with brownish-purple or greenish bell-shaped flowers

Fritillaria pluriflora, adobe lily, pink fritillary
California herb with pinkish purple flowers

Fritillaria recurva, scarlet fritillary
western United States herb with scarlet and yellow narrow bell-shaped flowers

type of:
bulbous plant
plant growing from a bulb

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