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LEPER LILY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
checkered daffodil; Fritillaria meleagris; guinea-hen flower; leper lily; snake's head fritillary
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("leper lily" is a kind of...):
checkered lily; fritillary (any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers)