"fritillary" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fritillaries [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪləɹi Etymology: From Latin fritillus (“dice-box”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|fritillus||dice-box}} Latin fritillus (“dice-box”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fritillary (plural fritillaries)
  1. Any of several bulbous perennial plants, of the genus Fritillaria, having flowers with a spotted or chequered pattern. Categories (lifeform): Lily family plants, Nymphalid butterflies Translations (plant of genus Fritillaria): بُوقِيَّة (būqiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), عَرَار (ʕarār) [masculine] (Arabic), туг (tug) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ходжово лале (hodžovo lale) [neuter] (Bulgarian), fritil·lària [feminine] (Catalan), řebčík [masculine] (Czech), kirjopikarililja (Finnish), fritillaire [feminine] (French), Schachblume [feminine] (German), Kaiserkrone (english: different species) [feminine] (German), margutė (Lithuanian), لاله واژگون (lâle-ye vâžgun) (Persian), szachownica [feminine] (Polish), bibilică [feminine] (Romanian), ря́бчик (rjábčik) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-fritillary-en-noun-JUD4Vuf4 Disambiguation of Lily family plants: 80 20 Disambiguation of Nymphalid butterflies: 45 55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 73 27 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 70 30 Disambiguation of 'plant of genus Fritillaria': 95 5
  2. Any of several butterflies, of the family Nymphalidae, having wings with black or silvery spots. Categories (lifeform): Nymphalid butterflies Translations (butterfly of family Nymphalidae): täpläperhonen (Finnish), Scheckenfalter [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-fritillary-en-noun-D8dud7F7 Disambiguation of Nymphalid butterflies: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'butterfly of family Nymphalidae': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dark green fritillary, Falklands fritillary, Glanville fritillary, heath fritillary, marsh fritillary, pearl-bordered fritillary, regal fritillary

Inflected forms

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