martagon

martagon lily

noun

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

Word Origin

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

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Examples from the Web for martagon

Historical Examples

Gerarde mentions its use by alchemists, who called it Martagon.
How to Know the Ferns
Frances Theodora Parsons
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
Marhan, a lovely hybrid between the white-flowered Martagon and Hansoni.
Beautiful Bulbous Plants
John Weathers
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

martagon lily

Word Origin

Examples from the Web for martagon

Historical Examples

Gerarde mentions its use by alchemists, who called it Martagon.

Martagon lilies, for instance, are common, though how long they will remain so I cannot say.

The natives eat extensively the bulbs of the Martagon lily, and weave cloth out of the fibres of the Kamchatka nettle.

Marhan, a lovely hybrid between the white-flowered Martagon and Hansoni.

Both the Martagon and the Pyrenean Lily have been found, but there is no doubt they are garden escapes.