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Definition of Fritillaria
1. Noun. Fritillary.
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Checkered Lily, Fritillary
Definition of Fritillaria
1. n. A genus of liliaceous plants, of which the crown-imperial (Fritillaria imperialis) is one species, and the Guinea-hen flower (F. Meleagris) another. See Crown-imperial.
Definition of Fritillaria
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Medical Definition of Fritillaria
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Fritillaria
Literary usage of Fritillaria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of Practical Botany: For the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger (1887)
"Here, also, we crush the anthers in the fluids discussed in connection with
fritillaria, and obtain, moreover, the same figures as there, only smaller. ..."
2. The Flower Garden, Or, Breck's Book of Flowers: In which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1858)
"The Crown Imperial, or fritillaria imperialis, is supposed to be a native of Persia.
There are many varieties ; all handsome, varying in color; viz., ..."
3. The Microscope and its revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter (1891)
"... in the course o: it assumes the beautiful appearance known as the 'nuclear ;
Fio. aeo.— Division of the pollen-mother-cells of fritillaria ..."
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