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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fritillary \Frit"il*la*ry\, n. 1. (Bot.) A plant with checkered petals, of the genus Fritillaria: the Guinea-hen flower. See {Fritillaria}. 2. (Zo["o]l.) 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fritillary n 1: any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers [syn: {checkered lily}] 2: butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver
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