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Fritillary

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Noun

1. checkered lily, fritillary

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

2. fritillary

butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fritillary

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noun plural -laries
1. Also called: fritillaria
any N temperate liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria, having purple or white drooping bell-shaped flowers, typically marked in a chequered pattern
See also snake's head
2. 
any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Argynnis, Boloria, etc, having brownish wings chequered with black and silver

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Fritillary

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nounWord forms: plural ˈfritilˌlaries
1. 
any of a genus (Fritillaria) of perennial, bulbous plants of the lily family, with nodding, bell-shaped flowers
: also ˌfritilˈlaria (ˌfrɪtəlˈɛriə ; fritˌ'lerˈēə)
2. 
any of certain medium-sized nymphalid butterflies, usually having brownish wings with silver spots on the undersides

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Fritillary

see synonyms of fritillary
n. pl. frit·il·lar·ies
1. Any of various bulbous plants of the genus Fritillaria of the lily family, having nodding, variously colored, often spotted or checkered flowers.
2. Any of various nymphalid butterflies with wings that are orange or brown with black markings on the upper side and often with silver spots on the underside.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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