Martagon lily
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Martagon lily
First recorded in 1400–50; Middle English mortagon, from Medieval Latin martagon, from Turkish martağan “turban” + lily ( def. )
Example Sentences
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An amazing Martagon lily entertains with a jester’s bonnet of upturned white petals that reveal hot coral-tipped pistils, while a mysterious jet black butterfly alights upon a delicate pale mauve delphinium.
From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2013
We were anxious to find the noble Martagon lily, and hunted in many glades and forest borders for it.
From More Science From an Easy Chair by Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir
Thenceforward, until the episodical lines on the Martagon lily, the child and her creator are one.
From Browning's Heroines by Armfield, Maxwell
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