scarlet fritillary

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   western United States herb with scarlet and yellow narrow bell-shaped flowers

   SynonymsFritillaria recurva

   Broaderfritillary

Questions about scarlet fritillary

What does scarlet fritillary mean?

scarlet fritillary means "western United States herb with scarlet and yellow narrow bell-shaped flowers".

What is another word for scarlet fritillary?

Close synonyms include Fritillaria recurva. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scarlet fritillary a common word?

scarlet fritillary is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.