Noun: leper lily
- 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
"The leper lily's distinctive chequered pattern caught everyone's attention";
- snake's head fritillary, guinea-hen flower, checkered daffodil [US], Fritillaria meleagris, chequered daffodil [Brit, Cdn]
Derived forms: leper lilies
Type of: checkered lily [US], fritillary
Encyclopedia: Leper lily