1. (noun) 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 meleagris
• guinea-hen flower
• leper lily
• snake's head fritillary

1. (noun) 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

• checkered lily
• fritillary