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Fritillary n.

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

(Zool.) 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.

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... swept by constant pestilences, which militated greatly against its growth as a university; but no one could deny the peculiar charm of its situation during the summer months, set in a zone of verdure, amid waterways fringed with alder and willow, and gemmed by water plants and masses of fritillary. ...

— For the Faith • Evelyn Everett-Green

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