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• Butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver
• Type of butterfly
• Any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers
• In religious house, cultivate liliaceous plant

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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

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