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Fritillaria uva-vulpis
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frit⋅il⋅lar⋅y

  [frit-l-er-ee]
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–noun, plural -lar⋅ies.
any of several orange-brown nymphalid butterflies, usually marked with black lines and dots and with silvery spots on the undersides of the wings.
Origin:
1625–35; < NL; see fritillaria
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Fritillaria uva-vulpis
Bulbs by the case. Free shipping!
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Fritillary Bulb
Harvested at height of potency. 20 Year, Family Run Herb Company.
www.BlessedHerbs.com
frit·il·lar·y   (frĭt'l-ěr'ē)   
n.   pl. frit·il·lar·ies

  1. Any of various bulbous plants of the genus Fritillaria, having nodding, variously colored, often spotted or checkered flowers.

  2. Any of various butterflies of the family Nymphalidae, especially of the genera Speyeria and Boloria, having brownish wings marked with black or silvery spots on the underside.


[New Latin Fritillāria, genus name, from Latin fritillus, dice-box.]
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Word Origin & History

fritillary 
"type of butterfly," 1857, earlier a type of plant (Fritillaria Meleagris, 1633), from L. fritillus "dice-box," from fritinnire "to twitter," imitative of the rattle of dice. The butterfly so called perhaps from resemblance of its markings to those of dice; though the names may have been given in confusion, perhaps on the notion that fritillus meant "chessboard."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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