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Meaning of "fritillaries" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF FRITILLARIES

frɪˈtɪlərɪz


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRITILLARIES

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Fritillaries is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FRITILLARIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fritillaria

Fritillaria is a genus of about 100 to 130 species of bulbous plants in the family Liliaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, especially the Mediterranean, southwest Asia, and western North America. The name is derived from the Latin term for a dice-box, and probably refers to the checkered pattern of the flowers of many species. Plants of the genus are known in English as fritillaries. Some North American species are called mission bells.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FRITILLARIES

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRITILLARIES

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WORDS THAT END LIKE FRITILLARIES

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Synonyms and antonyms of fritillaries in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «fritillaries» into 25 languages

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贝母
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рябчик
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Fritillaries
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fritillaries
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फ्रित्टीलरीज
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рябчик
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keiser gekroon
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fritillaries
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRITILLARIES»

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Butterflies Through Binoculars
Identification of Greater Fritillaries in Colorado by Andrew D. Warren Probably the most difficult of the greater fritillaries to identify with certainty in Colorado are the Atlantis group fritillaries. These are so difficult to identify that most specialists ...
Jeffrey Glassberg, 2001
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The Butterflies of Canada
This mainly holarctic subfamily contains about 35 species in North America and 25 in Canada. They are divided into two groups, the greater fritillaries (Euptoi- eta and Speyeria) and the lesser fritillaries (Boloria). Both groups are orange brown ...
Ross A. Layberry, Peter W. Hall, J. Donald Lafontaine, 1998
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Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America
GREATER FRITILLARIES OF THE WEST ZERENE FRITILLARY Speyeria zerene Common and widespread in west. Occurs from coastal salt spray meadows to high in the mountains. Isolated population in Spring Mountains of southwest ...
James P. Brock, Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman, 2003
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Wild Lilies, Irises, and Grasses: Gardening with California ...
California fritillaries bear some of the most beautiful flowers in the genus. With a few exceptions, flower color in other regions of the world tends toward greenish brown. In California we find plants with flowers of gleaming white, bright pink, rich  ...
Nora Harlow, Kristin Jakob, Roger Raiche, 2004
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The Gardener's Guide to Growing Fritillaries
Vejledning i dyrkning af fritillarier, bl.a vibeæg og kejserkrone.
Michael Jefferson-Brown, 2002
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Butterflies Through Binoculars: The East
These delightful, diminutive, but intricately marked. fritillaries ol the North can sometimes cause frustration because of their tendency to be constantly in motion — viewing their much more distinctive undersides can be a problem. Of the almost ...
Jeffrey Glassberg, 1999
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Butterflies of British Columbia: Including Western Alberta, ...
They are equally likely to chase small blue lycaenids as they are to chase large white butterflies, but they ignore dark butterflies such as fritillaries (CSG). Male butterflies have two primary methods of mate location: perching or patrolling.
Jon Shepard, Crispin Guppy, 2011
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Encyclopedia of Entomology
JAMES C. DUNFORD, KELLY R. SIMS University of Florida, Gainesville, PL, USA Speyeria scudder (Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae: Argynnini), commonly known as greater fritillaries or silverspots, are medium to large butterflies (wing- spans of ...
John L. Capinera, 2008
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Butterflies of Indiana: A Field Guide
Meadow Fritillaries can be found in wet prairies with Silver-bordered Fritillaries, but they have also adapted to man-made en- vironments such as hayelds and pastures. is ability to colonize disturbed sites has allowed them to expand their ...
Jeffrey E. Belth, 2013
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The Art Journal
Very many are the Fritillaries, and very like in their tortoiseshell markings; very capricious, too, it seemed ; now determined to settle among the low-growing herbs, now soaring high among the trees, hopelessly out of sight. By dint of much  ...
‎1839

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRITILLARIES»

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I Used to Be A Moth Assassin. This is How I Fell In Love With Them
For years, I'd hung around my town's Butterfly Park and shot photos of beautiful swallowtails, monarchs, great spangled fritillaries, American ... «Discover Magazine, Jul 15»
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Plant Magnets: Calling All Butterflies!
Aside from attracting Monarch butterflies for egg laying, milkweed entices swallowtails, painted ladies, American ladies, red admirals, fritillaries, ... «Prescott eNews, Jul 15»
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Countdown to judges' arrival for Tamworth in Bloom
... Meadow, which has just been officially designated as Tamworth's sixth Local Nature Reserve and where snake's head fritillaries grow wild. «Tamworth Herald, Jul 15»
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GROWING GREEN: Introducing near-black blooms into the garden
If the list above hasn't tempted you then there is Elephant ears, callas and cannas, fritillaries and the chocolate cosmos. And who can forget ... «HamiltonNews, Jul 15»
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Rare butterfly given survival boost on Exmoor
... will eventually find its way into nearby Shillet and Bagley Combes, both of which used to play host to heath fritillaries in years gone by. «Western Morning News, Jul 15»
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Nature Nut: These emperors reign in the Whitewater Valley
They are not the largest of butterflies, like monarchs or swallowtails, and they are certainly not the brightest colored, like fritillaries or the sulfurs. «Post-Bulletin, Jul 15»
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River life, 6/28
Great spangled fritillaries flitted, and ungainly wood nymphs fluttered, through air rich with the aroma of acres of milkweeds. - Nelson Johnson. «Poughkeepsie Journal, Jul 15»
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Another Life: Our ash tree is now firewood to warm us. Let's hope the …
Among them were 30 marsh fritillaries, the county's particular pride. Retreating to a hot spot, spreading out when things get better: this is, ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
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Butterflies draw kids to Garden Club
She followed the slideshow with explanations on the buckeyes, gulf fritillaries, monarchs, morning cloaks, painted ladies and queens she ... «OCRegister, Jul 15»
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Van Gogh and Nature: Clark Museum opens first-ever show on …
"Imperial Crown Fritillaries in a Copper Vase," 1887. Oil on canvas ... The National; "Imperial Crown Fritillaries in a Copper Vase," 1887. Oil on ... «Amherst Bulletin, Jul 15»
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