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snake's head fritillary | (n) 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 ornamental, Syn. leper lily, checkered daffodil, Fritillaria meleagris, guinea-hen flower |
Snake's-head | n. (Bot.) The Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head. Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
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Snake's-tongue | n. (Bot.) Same as Adder's-tongue. [ 1913 Webster ] |