checkered lily

checkered lily
a lily, Fritillaria meleagris, native to Europe, having solitary, checkered, red-purple flowers mottled with greenish yellow. Also called guinea-hen flower, snake's-head.

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  • checkered lily — paprastoji margutė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Lelijinių šeimos dekoratyvinis nuodingas augalas (Fritillaria meleagris), paplitęs pietų ir vidurio Europoje. atitikmenys: lot. Fritillaria meleagris angl. checkered fritillary; checkered… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • checkered lily — noun any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers • Syn: ↑fritillary • Hypernyms: ↑bulbous plant • Hyponyms: ↑mission bells, ↑rice grain fritillary, ↑Frit …   Useful english dictionary

  • checkered daffodil — noun 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 • Syn: ↑snake s head fritillary,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • checkered fritillary — paprastoji margutė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Lelijinių šeimos dekoratyvinis nuodingas augalas (Fritillaria meleagris), paplitęs pietų ir vidurio Europoje. atitikmenys: lot. Fritillaria meleagris angl. checkered fritillary; checkered… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • deithbell checkered fritillary — paprastoji margutė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Lelijinių šeimos dekoratyvinis nuodingas augalas (Fritillaria meleagris), paplitęs pietų ir vidurio Europoje. atitikmenys: lot. Fritillaria meleagris angl. checkered fritillary; checkered… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • leper lily — noun 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 • Syn: ↑snake s head fritillary,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • chequered-lily — paprastoji margutė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Lelijinių šeimos dekoratyvinis nuodingas augalas (Fritillaria meleagris), paplitęs pietų ir vidurio Europoje. atitikmenys: lot. Fritillaria meleagris angl. checkered fritillary; checkered… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • leopard lily — paprastoji margutė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Lelijinių šeimos dekoratyvinis nuodingas augalas (Fritillaria meleagris), paplitęs pietų ir vidurio Europoje. atitikmenys: lot. Fritillaria meleagris angl. checkered fritillary; checkered… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • adobe lily — noun California herb with pinkish purple flowers • Syn: ↑pink fritillary, ↑Fritillaria pluriflora • Hypernyms: ↑fritillary, ↑checkered lily * * * noun Etymology: so called from the typical soil of its locality …   Useful english dictionary

  • guinea-hen flower — noun 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 • Syn: ↑snake s head fritillary,… …   Useful english dictionary

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