Turk's capn.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > tulip
lily narcissus1578
tulip1578
Turk's cap1597
breeder1660
fool's coat1669
morilliona1678
edger1688
eger1706
chequered tulip1759
parrot tulip?1786
verport1798
Rembrandt1829
bybloemen1843
wild tulip1861
Darwin tulip1889
1597 J. Gerard Herball i. 120 It is called..after the Turkish name Tulipa, or it may be called Dalmatian Cap, or the Turkes Cap.
1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole Table 12 The Turkes Cap, that is, the Tulipa.
2. The Martagon lily; also Turk's-cap lily. American Turk's-cap lily n. Lilium superbum.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > lily and allied flowers > lilies
lily971
lily-flower1340
martagon1440
delucea1450
red lily1531
purple lily1578
mountain lily1597
gold lily1629
Turk's cap1672
turn-cap1688
Juno's rose1706
orange lily1731
Canada lily1771
Japan lily1813
tiger-lily1824
Annunciation lily1853
Easter lily1860
golden-rayed lily1865
scarlet martagon1867
Japanese lily1870
Madonna lily1877
Bermuda lily1882
thimble lily1883
panther lily1884
triplet lily1884
turban-lily1884
Mary-lily1893
tiger1901
leopard lily1902
lilium1902
swamp lily1902
Washington lily1911
Shasta lily1915
regal lily1916
regale1920
Oregon lily1925
1672 J. Josselyn New-Englands Rarities 54 Turning up their Leaves like the Martigon, or Turks Cap.
1778 C. Milne Bot. Dict. (ed. 2) 130 Martagon lilly..having its petals rowled or turned backwards in form of a Turkish turbant; from which..the flower is generally known by the name of Turk's-cap.
1791 Gentleman's Mag. July 619/1 The Martagon or Turk's-cap Lily.
1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Lilium superbum, Great American Turk's-Cap Lily, Swamp Lily.
1899 Warner Capt. of Locusts 5 A couple of blossoms of the crimson Turk's-cap lily.
1906 Ld. Selborne Personal & Pol. Mem. II. xxxii. 268 A cream-coloured Turk's-cap and several kinds of white lilies.
3. The Melon-thistle, Cactus Melocactus: see quot. 1866; also Turk's cap cactus, Turk's head. Also, any of several other members of the genus Cactus.
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the world > plants > particular plants > cactus and allies > [noun] > melon-cactus
pope's head1699
melon thistle1725
Turk's head1725
Melocactus1731
Turk's cap1731
melon-cactus1845
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. at Melocactus The common or large Melon-Thistle, commonly call'd Turk~cap or Pope's-Head in the West-Indies.
1829 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Plants 410 C[actus] melocactus, the great melon thistle or Turk's cap, appears like a large fleshy green melon, with deep ribs, set all over with strong sharp thorns.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. II. 733/2 Melocactus communis, the Turk's-cap Cactus, so called from the flowering portion on the top of the plant being of a cylindrical form and red colour like a fez cap.
1926 W. Fawcett & A. B. Rendle Flora Jamaica V. 283 Turk's Head, Turk's Cap, Pope's Head, Melon Thistle.
1951 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) I. 345/2 The Turk's Cap. The species [of Cactus] are characterized by the formation of a woolly cap or cephalium when the plants reach flowering size.
4. A local name for the common aconite ( Aconitum napellus).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > [noun] > aconite or wolf's bane
monk's cowl1548
wolf's-bane1548
flint-wort1567
libardine1567
aconite1569
wolf's-wort1575
napellus1576
monkshood1578
napelo1580
helmet-flower1597
scorpion1601
napell1605
wolfwort1611
monk's-head1682
panther's bane1712
blue rocketa1825
bikh1830
friar's cap1830
fox-bane1840
Turk's cap1854
Adam and Eve1879
face-in-hood1886
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 360 Turk's cap.
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 129 Pope's-Ode, the garden Monk's-hood or Turk's-cap. Aconitum napellus.
5. A variety of the great pumpkin, Cucurbita maxima.
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1891 in Cent. Dict.
6. Cookery. A form of mould. Cf. turban n. 1g.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > mould
mould1573
farme1623
shape1769
Turk's cap1859
pudding mould1883
timbale mould1895
Bundt1903
timbale1906
1859 F. S. Cooper Ironmongers' Catal. 178 Jelly and Cake Moulds... Turk's Cap.
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