Definition of Fritilaria
||Frit"il*la`ri*a (?), n. [NL., fr. L.
fritillus dicebox: cf. F. fritillaire. So named from
the checkered markings of the petals.] (Bot.) A genus of
liliaceous plants, of which the crown-imperial (Fritillaria
imperialis) is one species, and the Guinea-hen flower (F.
Meleagris) another. See Crown-imperial.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A genus of flowering plants of the Liliaceae family; especially the Crown Imperial, Snake's Head and Checker Lily fritillaries.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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