HyperDic: guinea-hen_flower

English > 1 sense of the expression guinea-hen flower:
NOUNplantguinea-hen flower, snake's head fritillary, 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
English > guinea-hen flower: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningEurasian 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; widely grown as an ornamental.
Synonymssnake's head fritillary, checkered daffodil, leper lily, Fritillaria meleagris
Broaderfritillary, checkered lilyAny liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers

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