(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
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a. 1. Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dancing in the checkered shade. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Diversified or variegated in a marked manner, as in appearance, character, circumstances, etc.; as, a character with a checkered past [ 1913 Webster ]
This checkered narrative. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]