martagon
martagon lily
/ (ˈmɑːtəɡən) /
a Eurasian lily plant, Lilium martagon, cultivated for its mottled purplish-red flowers with reflexed petals: Also called: Turk's-cap lily
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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 EllacombeThenceforward, until the episodical lines on the martagon lily, the child and her creator are one.
Browning's Heroines | Ethel Colburn MayneWe 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) LankesterGerarde mentions its use by alchemists, who called it martagon.
How to Know the Ferns | Frances Theodora Parsonsmartagon lilies, for instance, are common, though how long they will remain so I cannot say.
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