TURK'S-CAP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Turk's-cap mean? 

• TURK'S-CAP (noun)
  The noun TURK'S-CAP has 2 senses:

1. lily of the eastern United States with orange to red maroon-spotted flowers

2. lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe and northwestern Asia

  Familiarity information: TURK'S-CAP used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TURK'S-CAP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lily of the eastern United States with orange to red maroon-spotted flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Lilium superbum; Turk's-cap; Turk's cap-lily

Hypernyms ("Turk's-cap" is a kind of...):

lily (any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe and northwestern Asia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Lilium martagon; martagon; Turk's-cap

Hypernyms ("Turk's-cap" is a kind of...):

lily (any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers)