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Noun: mission bells
  1. Herb of southwestern United States having dark purple bell-shaped flowers mottled with green
    - black fritillary, Fritillaria biflora
     
  2. Herb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowers
    - rice-grain fritillary, Fritillaria affinis, Fritillaria lanceolata, Fritillaria mutica

Type of: checkered lily [US], fritillary

Encyclopedia: Mission bells