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noun
Any of several bulbous perennial plants, of the genus Fritillaria, having flowers with a spotted or chequered pattern.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of several butterflies, of the family Nymphalidae, having wings with black or silvery spots.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly, brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly
Narrower terms: silverspot
noun
any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: checkered lily
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bulbous plant
Narrower terms: mission bells, rice-grain fritillary, Fritillaria affinis, Fritillaria lanceolata, Fritillaria mutica, black fritillary, Fritillaria biflora, stink bell, Fritillaria agrestis, crown imperial, Fritillaria imperialis, white fritillary, Fritillaria liliaceae, snake's head fritillary, guinea-hen flower, checkered daffodil, leper lily, Fritillaria meleagris, brown bells, Fritillaria micrantha, Fritillaria parviflora, adobe lily, pink fritillary, Fritillaria pluriflora, scarlet fritillary, Fritillaria recurva
History
From Latin fritillus (“dice-box, or possibly, checkerboard”).
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
