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Fritillary   Listen
noun
Fritillary  n.  
1.
(Bot.) A plant with checkered petals, of the genus Fritillaria: the Guinea-hen flower. See Fritillaria.
2.
(Zool.) One of several species of butterflies belonging to Argynnis and allied genera; so called because the coloring of their wings resembles that of the common Fritillaria. See Aphrodite.





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... swept by constant pestilences, which militated greatly against its growth as a university; but no one could deny the peculiar charm of its situation during the summer months, set in a zone of verdure, amid waterways fringed with alder and willow, and gemmed by water plants and masses of fritillary. ...
— For the Faith • Evelyn Everett-Green


Words linked to "Fritillary" :   white fritillary, Fritillaria meleagris, brush-footed butterfly, nymphalid butterfly, crown imperial, silverspot, Fritillaria agrestis, nymphalid, stink bell, Fritillaria recurva, Fritillaria pluriflora, Fritillaria, mission bells, pink fritillary, rice-grain fritillary, Fritillaria liliaceae, adobe lily, Fritillaria biflora, Fritillaria mutica, Fritillaria lanceolata, black fritillary, guinea-hen flower, leper lily, Fritillaria affinis, snake's head fritillary, four-footed butterfly, Fritillaria imperialis


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