fritillary

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: fritillary

1	n	butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver
2	n	any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: fritillary

Types:: 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

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; 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

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