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The Learning Kingdom's Cool Word of the Day for June 1, 1999
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fritillary [n. FRIT-ul-air-ee]
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A fritillary is either a kind of lily, or it is a butterfly. Both are
quite showy, with orange, yellow, or brown checked or spotted patterns
on the flowers or the wings, respectively. There are about a dozen
kinds of fritillary butterflies in the US and Europe, in the family
Nymphalidae. There are also several species of fritillary lilies.
They are not called fritillaries because they flit about, or because
they fritter away their lives in idle showiness. The name refers to
the colorful patterns. The original word was the Latin fritillus (a
dice box). Roman dice boxes often had checked patterns on them.
The great spangled fritillary, a large butterfly from the US:
http://www.marietta.edu/~biol/butter/grtspan.html
The gulf fritillary, a beautiful butterfly found in Florida:
http://www.butterflywings.com/s-gulffrit.html
Article on wildflowers, with a picture of a scarlet fritillary lily:
http://www.so-oregon.com/gardening/islands/garden.html
Article about woodland flowers, including the unusual snakeshead
fritillary:
http://www.klis.com/fundy/ecg/Smtreasr.htm
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