snake's head fritillary

snake's head fritillary
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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  • snake’s head — paprastoji margutė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Lelijinių šeimos dekoratyvinis nuodingas augalas (Fritillaria meleagris), paplitęs pietų ir vidurio Europoje. atitikmenys: lot. Fritillaria meleagris angl. checkered fritillary; checkered… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • snake's-head — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun (plural snake s heads) 1. a. or snake s head lily : guinea hen flower b. : a woody composite herb (Malacothrix coulteri) with a spotted involucre …   Useful english dictionary

  • snake’s head — margutė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Lelijinių (Liliaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Fritillaria). atitikmenys: lot. Fritillaria angl. fritillary; snake’s head vok. Fritillarie; Kaiserkrone; Schachblume; Schachbrettblume rus. рябчик;… …   Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas

  • snake's head — noun a fritillary with flowers chequered in red and purple, typically growing in damp hay meadows and water meadows. [Fritillaria meleagris.] …   English new terms dictionary

  • fritillary — ► NOUN 1) a plant with hanging bell like flowers. 2) a butterfly with orange brown wings chequered with black. ORIGIN Latin fritillaria, from fritillus dice box (probably with reference to the chequered corolla of the snake s head fritillary) …   English terms dictionary

  • fritillary — /frit l er ee/, n., pl. fritillaries. any of several orange brown nymphalid butterflies, usually marked with black lines and dots and with silvery spots on the undersides of the wings. [1625 35; < NL; see FRITILLARIA] * * * I Any of the… …   Universalium

  • fritillary — margutė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Lelijinių (Liliaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Fritillaria). atitikmenys: lot. Fritillaria angl. fritillary; snake’s head vok. Fritillarie; Kaiserkrone; Schachblume; Schachbrettblume rus. рябчик;… …   Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas

  • fritillary — [frɪ tɪləri] noun 1》 a plant of the lily family with hanging bell like flowers. [Fritillaria meleagris (snake s head) and related species.] 2》 a butterfly with orange brown wings chequered with black. [Argynnis and other genera: numerous… …   English new terms dictionary

  • fritillary — n. (pl. ies) 1 any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria, esp. snake s head, having pendent bell like flowers. 2 any of various butterflies, esp. of the genus Argynnis, having red brown wings chequered with black. Etymology: mod.L fritillaria …   Useful english dictionary

  • checkered fritillary — paprastoji margutė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Lelijinių šeimos dekoratyvinis nuodingas augalas (Fritillaria meleagris), paplitęs pietų ir vidurio Europoje. atitikmenys: lot. Fritillaria meleagris angl. checkered fritillary; checkered… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

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