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Definition of Genus fritillaria
1. Noun. Fritillary.
Generic synonyms: Liliid Monocot Genus
Group relationships: Family Liliaceae, Liliaceae, Lily Family
Member holonyms: Checkered Lily, Fritillary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Fritillaria
Literary usage of Genus fritillaria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes on Lilies and Their Culture by Alexander Wallace (1879)
"This type of structure is scarcely varied through about half the genus Fritillaria,
and it is this type that is distinguished in the synopsis of the genus ..."
2. Gardening for Ladies: And Companion to the Flower-garden by Loudon (Jane), Andrew Jackson Downing (1843)
"A very showy bulbous-rooted plant, formerly included in the genus Fritillaria;
but it has lately been placed in another genus. It is quite hardy, ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... in holany, a plant of the genus Fritillaria, of the lily family, found in the
North Temperate and Arctic zones. The plants are herbaceous, ..."
4. The Ladies' Companion to the Flower-garden: Being an Alphabetical by Loudon (Jane) (1849)
"It is increased by cuttings. CROWN IMPERIAL.—A very showy bulbous-rooted plant,
formerly included in the genus Fritillaria ; but it has lately been placed ..."
5. Scientific Memoirs: Selected from the Transactions of Foreign Academies of by Arthur Henfrey, Thomas Henry Huxley (1853)
"In the genus Fritillaria occur species with left- and with right-winding leaves.
To the former belong, for example, F. imperialis, L.; F. Meleagris, L., ..."
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