fritillaria

American  

[frit-l-air-ee-uh] / ˌfrɪt lˈɛər i ə /

noun

1. any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria, comprising bulbous herbs having drooping, bell-shaped flowers.

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Etymology

Origin of fritillaria

1570–80; < New Latin, name of genus, equivalent to Latin fritill ( us ) dice box + -āria -ary

Example Sentences

In a meadow-style array with plum and apple trees, blue camassias mingle with pink-and-white Lady Jane tulips and bell-shaped, purple-and-white-checkered snake’s head fritillaria.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2021

Common in English gardens, word of fritillaria is just making its way over the pond to a new generation of American gardeners.

From Time • Sep. 24, 2017

The estate’s sandy dunes, wooded glens, and walking paths — bursting this time of year with daffodils, crocuses, tulips and Eurasian fritillaria — keep almost casual company with works of modern and contemporary art.

From New York Times • May 7, 2016

They were growing in a small, nestlike opening between the rock and the bushes, and both the erythronium and the fritillaria were in full flower.

From Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon by Muir, John

Beneath the cool, deep shade of these majestic trees the ground is occupied by ferns, chiefly woodwardia and aspidiums, with only a few flowering plants—oxalis, trientalis, erythronium, fritillaria, smilax, and other shade-lovers.

From The Mountains of California by Muir, John