martagon

martagon lily

/ (ˈmɑːtəɡən) /


noun
  1. a Eurasian lily plant, Lilium martagon, cultivated for its mottled purplish-red flowers with reflexed petals: Also called: Turk's-cap lily

Origin of martagon

1
C15: from French, from Turkish martagān a type of turban

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How to use martagon in a sentence

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

  • Thenceforward, until the episodical lines on the martagon lily, the child and her creator are one.

    Browning's Heroines | Ethel Colburn Mayne
  • 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
  • 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