Definition of "martagon" [mar•ta•gon]

• A Eurasian lily (Lilium martagon) usually having pinkish-purple, spotted flowers. Also called Turk's-cap lily. (noun)

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• "Trumpet lilies are bursting into bloom; the scarlet martagon is at its best; _speciosum_, tiger, and American Turk's cap lilies are yet to follow."
• "He led them, between vines and fruit trees and beds of martagon and mirasolus, to the lion-house in his garden."
• "Here and there the scarlet martagon (Lilium chalcedonicum), bright blue or yellow gingers; red, orange, yellow, and pure white orchids; pale lobelias, &c.; but they do not mar the general greenness."