'Fritillary' definitions:
Definition of 'fritillary'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers [syn: fritillary, checkered lily]
noun
Butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver
Definition of 'Fritillary'
From: GCIDE
- Fritillary \Frit"il*la*ry\, n.
- 1. (Bot.) A plant with checkered petals, of the genus Fritillaria: the Guinea-hen flower. See Fritillaria. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]