'snake's head fritillary' definitions:

Definition of 'snake's head fritillary'

(from WordNet)
noun
Eurasian 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 [syn: snake's head fritillary, guinea-hen flower, checkered daffodil, leper lily, Fritillaria meleagris]