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Turk's-cap

noun

Lily of the eastern United States with orange to red maroon-spotted flowers. Synonyms: Lilium superbum, Turk's cap-lily.

Lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe and northwestern Asia. Synonyms: Lilium martagon, martagon.

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"Turk's-cap" Quotes from Famous Books

... the setting of meadow grasses to veil its long, stiff stalks, while the Turk's-cap lily seems the most at home of all in garden surroundings, but it only gains its greatest size in the deep meadows, where, without being wet, there is a certain moisture beneath the deep old turf, and this turf itself not only keeps ...

— The Garden, You, and I • Mabel Osgood Wright

Words linked to "Turk's-cap" : lily, Lilium superbum, Lilium martagon