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RICE-GRAIN FRITILLARY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rice-grain fritillary mean? 

RICE-GRAIN FRITILLARY (noun)
  The noun RICE-GRAIN FRITILLARY has 1 sense:

1. herb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowersplay

  Familiarity information: RICE-GRAIN FRITILLARY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RICE-GRAIN FRITILLARY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Herb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Fritillaria affinis; Fritillaria lanceolata; Fritillaria mutica; mission bells; rice-grain fritillary

Hypernyms ("rice-grain fritillary" is a kind of...):

checkered lily; fritillary (any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers)


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