What's the difference between fritillary and perennial?

Fritillary


Definition:

  • (n.) A plant with checkered petals, of the genus Fritillaria: the Guinea-hen flower. See Fritillaria.
  • (n.) One of several species of butterflies belonging to Argynnis and allied genera; -- so called because the coloring of their wings resembles that of the common Fritillaria. See Aphrodite.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) With the exception of the subgenera Korolkowi, a supposed link between lilies and fritillaries, and chromsome complements of all plants contained bands.
  • (2) Last year's sites, Herridge's and Broom copses, are home to the silver-washed fritillary ( Argynnis paphia ), white admiral ( Limenitis camilla ) and scarlet tiger moth ( Callimorpha dominula ), and Sulham woods is inhabited by priority conservation species including the white-letter hairstreak ( Satyrium w-album ) and rare moths.
  • (3) He picked out native endangered and beloved species such as the heath fritillary butterfly on Exmoor, the netted carpet moth in Cumbria and puffins on the Farne islands as having done well.
  • (4) "It was not my job to do the bidding of two organisations that are little more than anti-capitalist agitprop groups, most of whose leaders could not tell a snake's head fritillary from a silver-washed fritillary," he said.
  • (5) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The land purchase will help to protect the Glanville fritillary butterfly.
  • (6) Bordering the farm is the rolling chalkland of Compton Downs, home to 33 butterfly species including the Adonis blue, the common blue and chalkhill blue – plus the Glanville fritillary, which does well at Compton Bay because it needs crumbling cliffs to thrive.
  • (7) They know nothing about the natural world, he says; their leaders “could not tell a snakeshead fritillary from a silver-washed fritillary ”.
  • (8) Conservationists are excited about the site on the Isle of Wight because it is a rich habitat for butterflies including the rare Glanville fritillary, but lovers of literature and the beach will also be pleased as securing the site will help preserve access to the stunning Compton Bay and Downs , spots that inspired Tennyson.
  • (9) Other species of butterflies and moths at the site include the silver-washed fritillary ( Argynnis paphia ), white admiral ( Limenitis camilla ), and the scarlet tiger moth ( Callimorpha dominula ).
  • (10) An abundance of marsh fritillary butterfly caterpillars on downs in Dorset and Wiltshire; in some places they got through all of their food-plant leaves (devil's-bit scabious).
  • (11) The site is home to a number of rare butterfly species that will potentially be hit by the spraying, including the silver-washed fritillary ( Argynnis paphia ), white admiral ( Limenitis camilla ), and the scarlet tiger moth ( Callimorpha dominula ).
  • (12) The trust will work in partnership with Butterfly Conservation to create the right conditions to safeguard and improve the Glanville fritillary’s habitat.
  • (13) The bulb mite is the main transmitter of anhui fritillary rot, and damages the fritillary seriously.

Perennial


Definition:

  • (a.) ing or continuing through the year; as, perennial fountains.
  • (a.) Continuing without cessation or intermission; perpetual; unceasing; never failing.
  • (a.) Continuing more than two years; as, a perennial steam, or root, or plant.
  • (n.) A perennial plant; a plant which lives or continues more than two years, whether it retains its leaves in winter or not.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Eighty micrograms of the topically active parasympatholytic drug ipratropium were applied intranasally four times daily in 20 adults with perennial rhinitis and severe watery rhinorrhoea in a double-blind controlled cross-over trial.
  • (2) consider the X-ray findings verified in 3 groups of subjects: with Hayfiber, with perennial rhinitis and the last one being a control group.
  • (3) Eleven children with severe perennial asthma and a poor clinical response to disodium cromoglycate were studied in a 4-month, double blind trial involving 1 month's treatment with placebo, disodium cromoglycate, betamethasone 17 valerate, and both drugs combined according to a predetermined random design.
  • (4) Cruden Farm, Victoria The 54-hectare Murdoch family estate in Langwarrin south of Melbourne, Australia, features magnificent gardens complete with ponds, lemon-scented gum trees and two walled gardens and perennial borders.
  • (5) In this study, the authors evaluate the inhalant substances of the house, emphasizing the importance of Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus to cause perennial allergic rhinitis.
  • (6) A panel of human CD4+ T cell clones specific for the house dust mite was isolated from an atopic individual with perennial rhinitis.
  • (7) Patients who had both perennial symptoms and summer seasonal exacerbations had a higher incidence of a positive family history of atopy and developed symptoms earlier in life than those patients who had summer seasonal or perennial symptoms only.
  • (8) Patients with perennial rhinitis had a more vigorous response than the controls.
  • (9) The immediate changes in regional ventilation and pulmonary blood flow were studied in seventeen adults with perennial asthma and in two control persons, who were challenged by histamine inhalation (histamine induced asthma (HIA)).
  • (10) Twenty-eight patients with allergic perennial rhinitis treated for 2 years with parenteral semidepot immunotherapy were divided into two groups of 14 patients: group A receiving conventional aerosol nebulization (TNE), and group B, which received TNAI using a type F aerosol electrocompressor.
  • (11) We have something to say and something to offer on perennial political dilemmas.
  • (12) Specificity was 87% for pollens and 90% for perennial antigens.
  • (13) Overnight, Russia has moved from perennial rival to trusted friend, while Nato’s future is in peril.
  • (14) More males than females had summer seasonal symptoms whereas more females than males had perennial symptoms.
  • (15) The old-fashioned dining room, unpretentious atmosphere, and the three-course menus under €30 make it a perennial favourite.
  • (16) But Howitt says that while it is a problem that so much farmland has shifted from more adjustable crops to perennials like almonds, he has a simpler solution: better management of groundwater.
  • (17) They are the identification of factors causing severe disease as opposed to heavy infection; the effects of seasonal as opposed to perennial transmission; and the importance of transplacental transmission of microfilariae or soluble antigens.
  • (18) Together with his late wife Janet, he wrote 37 titles including perennial favourites The Jolly Postman and Burglar Bill, and by himself he is the author of many more, including The Pencil, and Woof!
  • (19) It seems that perennial rhinitis probably arises from abundance of domestic antigens more than for the other allergic manifestations, as the nose is the first filter to receive foreign particles.
  • (20) However, PAC differed from SAC in several respects: a history of exacerbation on exposure to house dust (PAC 42 per cent; SAC none) and an association with perennial rhinitis (PAC 75 per cent; SAC 12 per cent) were more common in PAC.

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