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Webster 1913 Edition

Fritillaria

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Frit′il-laˊri-a

,

Noun.

[NL., fr. L.

fritillus

dicebox: cf. F.

fritillaire

. So named from the checkered markings of the petals.]

(Bot.)

A genus of liliaceous plants, of which the crown-imperial (

Fritillaria imperialis

) is one species, and the Guinea-hen flower (

F. Meleagris

) another. See

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