In religious house, cultivate liliaceous plant

• Any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers
• Type of butterfly
• Butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver
• Dig in order to find plant

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A fritillary is a bulbous plant of the genus Fritillaria , with bell-shaped flowers, native to the Northern Hemisphere. Fritillary may also refer to several genera of butterflies : Argynnis Boloria Melitaeini Speyeria , the greater fritillaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fritillary \Frit"il*la*ry\, n. (Bot.) A plant with checkered petals, of the genus Fritillaria: the Guinea-hen flower. See Fritillaria . (Zo["o]l.) One of several species of butterflies belonging to Argynnis and allied genera; -- so called because the coloring ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers [syn: checkered lily ] butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
popular name of a type of British butterfly, 1857, earlier a type of plant ( Fritillaria Meleagris , 1633), from Latin fritillus "dice-box," from fritinnire said to be imitative of the rattle of dice. The plant so called in allusion to the shape of its ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of several bulbous perennial plants, of the genus ''(l mul Fritillaria)'', having flowers with a spotted or chequered pattern. 2 Any of several butterflies, of the family ''(l mul Nymphalidae)'', having wings with black or silvery spots.