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martagon

/ ˈmɑːtəɡən /

noun

  1. a Eurasian lily plant, Lilium martagon, cultivated for its mottled purplish-red flowers with reflexed petals Also calledTurk's-cap lily
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of martagon1

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

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.

We were anxious to find the noble Martagon lily, and hunted in many glades and forest borders for it.

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.

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MartabanMartagon lily