MELOCACTUS, the genus of melon-thistle or Turk's-cap cactuses, contains, according to a recent estimate, about 90 species, which inhabit chiefly the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference

Did you ever wander over barren, parched stubble-fields, and suddenly front a knot of red Turk's-cap lilies, flaring as if they had drawn all the heat and brilliance from the land into their tissues?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860] Reference

The very showy Martagon, or Turk's-cap lily, also belongs to our neighborhood.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rural Hours] Reference

Page 493 passion flower and the Turk's-cap lily, and on the mountain sides the poplar or tulip-tree, the hickory, ash, black and white walnut, the holly, the chincapin, the alder, and the chestnut, each in profusion.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Great South; A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland] Reference

In the Smoky Mountains not far from Knoxville, Tenn., wild pigs are dining their way through patches of Turk's-cap lily -- a species federal authorities say is endangered, threatened, and vulnerable in several eastern states.    From Wordnik.com.  [Times Record News Stories] Reference

Chalcedonicum) or "red Turk's-cap lily", which "comes into flower at the season of the year when our Lord's sermon on the mount is supposed to have been delivered.    From Wordnik.com.  [Easton's Bible Dictionary] Reference

Turk's-cap.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference