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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 ornamentalplay

  Familiarity information: CHECKERED DAFFODIL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHECKERED DAFFODIL (noun)


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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