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 for martagon
C15: from French, from Turkish martagān a type of turban
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Gerarde mentions its use by alchemists, who called it Martagon.
How to Know the FernsFrances Theodora Parsons
Martagon lilies, for instance, are common, though how long they will remain so I cannot say.
SwitzerlandFrank Fox
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.
Beautiful Bulbous PlantsJohn 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 ShakespeareHenry Nicholson Ellacombe