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
• Syn: ↑guinea-hen flower, ↑checkered daffodil, ↑leper lily, ↑Fritillaria meleagris
• Hypernyms: ↑fritillary, ↑checkered lily
Useful english dictionary. 2012.