Fritillary

Definitions

1. Any of several bulbous perennial plants, of the genus Fritillaria, having flowers with a spotted or chequered pattern.
2. Any of several butterflies, of the family Nymphalidae, having wings with black or silvery spots.

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Examples

“Fritillaries are as fundamental a part of the British water meadow landscape as Ratty and Mole slowly punting along under a willow tree. They speak⟳ of opalescent spring⟳ mornings, with their distinctive chequered bells bowed earthward and beaded with dew, a dark counterpoint to the acid-fresh grass.”

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