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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | Copyright

fritillary plant of the genus Fritillaria XVII; spotted butterfly XIX. — modL. fritillāria, f. L. fritillus dice-box, presumably applied to the chessboard; so named in ref. to the markings of the corolla. Cf. -ARY.

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