HyperDic: checkered_lily

English > 1 sense of the expression checkered lily:
NOUNplantcheckered lily, fritillaryany liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers
English > checkered lily: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers.
Synonymfritillary
Member ofFritillaria, genus Fritillariafritillary
Narroweradobe lily, pink fritillary, Fritillaria plurifloraCalifornia herb with pinkish purple flowers
brown bells, Fritillaria micrantha, Fritillaria parvifloraCalifornia herb with brownish-purple or greenish bell-shaped flowers
crown imperial, Fritillaria imperialisEurasian herb with a cluster of leaves and orange-red bell-shaped flowers at the top of the stem
mission bells, rice-grain fritillary, Fritillaria affinis, Fritillaria lanceolata, Fritillaria muticaherb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowers
mission bells, black fritillary, Fritillaria bifloraherb of southwestern United States having dark purple bell-shaped flowers mottled with green
scarlet fritillary, Fritillaria recurvawestern United States herb with scarlet and yellow narrow bell-shaped flowers
snake's head fritillary, guinea-hen flower, checkered daffodil, leper lily, Fritillaria meleagrisEurasian 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
stink bell, Fritillaria agrestisA malodorous California herb with bell-shaped flowers
white fritillary, Fritillaria liliaceaeCalifornia herb with white conic or bell-shaped flowers usually tinged with green
Broaderbulbous plantplant growing from a bulb
Spanishfritilaria
Catalanfritil·lària

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