turk's-cap

Questions about turk's-cap

What does turk's-cap mean?

turk's-cap means "lily of the eastern United States with orange to red maroon-spotted flowers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in turk's-cap?

turk's-cap has 2 syllables and divides as turk'-s-cap under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for turk's-cap?

Close synonyms include Turk's cap-lily, Lilium superbum, martagon, Lilium martagon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is turk's-cap a common word?

turk's-cap is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.