noun
any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers
• Syn: ↑fritillary
• Hypernyms: ↑bulbous plant
• Hyponyms:
↑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
• Member Holonyms: ↑Fritillaria, ↑genus Fritillaria
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noun or checkered daffodil* * *
a lily, Fritillaria meleagris, native to Europe, having solitary, checkered, red-purple flowers mottled with greenish yellow. Also called guinea-hen flower, snake's-head.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.