checkered daffodil

checkered daffodil
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
Hypernyms: ↑fritillary, ↑checkered lily

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