martagon

martagon lily

/ (ˈmɑːtəɡən) /

noun

a Eurasian lily plant, Lilium martagon, cultivated for its mottled purplish-red flowers with reflexed petalsAlso called: Turk's-cap lily

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Word Origin for martagon

C15: from French, from Turkish martagān a type of turban

Words nearby martagon

marsupium, marsyas, mart, marta, martaban, martagon, martagon lily, martel, martellato, martello tower, martelé

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Example sentences from the Web for martagon

Gerarde mentions its use by alchemists, who called it Martagon.
How to Know the Ferns|Frances Theodora Parsons
We were anxious to find the noble Martagon lily, and hunted in many glades and forest borders for it.
More Science From an Easy Chair|Sir E. Ray (Edwin Ray) Lankester
Both the Martagon and the Pyrenean Lily have been found, but there is no doubt they are garden escapes.
The plant-lore and garden-craft of Shakespeare|Henry Nicholson Ellacombe
Martagon lilies, for instance, are common, though how long they will remain so I cannot say.
Switzerland|Frank Fox

The natives eat extensively the bulbs of the Martagon lily, and weave cloth out of the fibres of the Kamchatka nettle.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 6|Various