snake's head fritillary

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snake's head fritillary - 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

checkered daffodil, Fritillaria meleagris, guinea-hen flower, leper lily

checkered lily, fritillary - any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers

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