FRITILLARY

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A plant with checkered petals, of the genus Fritillaria: the Guinea-hen flower. See Fritillaria.

2.
n.

One of several species of butterflies belonging to Argynnis and allied genera; -- so called because the coloring of their wings resembles that of the common Fritillaria. See Aphrodite.