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CHECKERED DAFFODIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does checkered daffodil mean?
• CHECKERED DAFFODIL (noun)
The noun CHECKERED DAFFODIL has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: CHECKERED DAFFODIL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
checkered daffodil; Fritillaria meleagris; guinea-hen flower; leper lily; snake's head fritillary
Hypernyms ("checkered daffodil" is a kind of...):
checkered lily; fritillary (any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers)
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