fritillaries
- plural of fritillary.
Example Sentences
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Larger — and faster — than the blues are the bright black-and-orange fritillaries.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
I’ve given up on fritillaries, which are, in my experience, one-shot wonders in hot, humid regions.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2020
They include blues, whites, sulphurs, coppers, fritillaries, wood nymphs, skippers, crescents and checkerspots.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 24, 2016
"Woodland butterflies, fritillaries in particular, are associated with gaps or temporary hotspots within the woods."
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2012
And did not both men pluck him handfuls of cowslips, of tawny-pink avens, and of mottled, snake-headed fritillaries, and stow them away in the fishing-baskets above the load of silver-and-red spotted trout?
From The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance by Malet, Lucas
