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martagon

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mar·ta·gon  (märt-gn)
n.
A Eurasian lily (Lilium martagon) usually having pinkish-purple, spotted flowers. Also called Turk's-cap lily.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Old Spanish, from Ottoman Turkish mrtan, a kind of turban.]
martagon, martagon lily [ˈmɑːtəgən]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a Eurasian lily plant, Lilium martagon, cultivated for its mottled purplish-red flowers with reflexed petals Also called Turk's-cap lily
[from French, from Turkish martagān a type of turban]
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Noun1.martagonmartagon - lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe and northwestern Asia
Lilium martagon, Turk's-cap
lily - any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers


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