Fritillary /(?)/

Frit·il·la·ry

Fritillary

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