Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of liliaceous bulbous plants, nearly allied to the lily.
- noun In zoology, a genus of copelate ascidians, of the family Appendiculariidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of liliaceous plants, of which the crown-imperial (
Fritillaria imperialis ) is one species, and the Guinea-hen flower (F. Meleagris ) another. Seecrown-imperial .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thesubfamily Lilioideae — thefritillaries . - proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Fritillariidae — many small free-swimmingtunicates .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun fritillary
Etymologies
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Examples
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The word Fritillaria comes from the Latin word for dice-box, referring to the checkered pattern found, to a greater or lesser degree, on all the blossoms.
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The word Fritillaria comes from the Latin word for dice-box, referring to the checkered pattern found, to a greater or lesser degree, on all the blossoms.
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The record holder among plants for 34 years was a species called Fritillaria assyriaca, until earlier this year when a group of Dutch scientists found that a natural hybrid of trillium and hagae, related to the herb paris, had a genome four percent larger than the fritillary at 132.50 pg.
Reuters: Top News 2010
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Last fall Caleb gave me some Fritillaria imperialis bulbs and look at what happened — they grew!
This one’s for Caleb: Fritillaria! « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2010
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They were supposed to be Fritillaria uva-vulpis, a small, subtle species.
This one’s for Caleb: Fritillaria! « Sugar Creek Gardens’ Blog 2010
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I can attest to years of experience with nobody bothering Allium, Camassia and most Fritillaria.
The Brightest Bulbs Lucy Gilmour 2011
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The Fritillaria are somewhere on the other side of charming, Frances.
Miscellaneous Spring Bulbs 2010-The Best Of The Rest « Fairegarden 2010
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Fritillaria meleagris has happily proven to be a mixture of white and purples.
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Yours might be the only comment! lol The checkered plants are Fritillaria meleagris, too cute for words!
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I love the two-toned Muscari latifolium and Fritillaria uva vulpis.
Miscellaneous Spring Bulbs 2010-The Best Of The Rest « Fairegarden 2010
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