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    LEPER LILY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Eurasian checkered lily with pendant flowers usually veined and checkered with purple or maroon on a pale ground and shaped like the bells carried by lepers in medieval times; widely grown as an ornamentalplay

    Synonyms:

    checkered daffodil; Fritillaria meleagris; guinea-hen flower; leper lily; snake's head fritillary

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("leper lily" is a kind of...):

    checkered lily; fritillary (any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers)

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