Noun: Fritillaria meleagris
- Eurasian chequered lily with pendant flowers usually veined and chequered with purple or maroon on a pale ground and shaped like the bells carried by lepers in medieval times; widely grown as an ornamental
- snake's head fritillary, guinea-hen flower, checkered daffodil [US], leper lily, chequered daffodil [Brit, Cdn]
Type of: checkered lily [US], fritillary
Encyclopedia: Fritillaria meleagris