NOUN | plant | birthroot, purple trillium, red trillium, Trillium erectum | trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth |
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Meaning | trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth. | |
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Synonyms | purple trillium, red trillium, Trillium erectum | |
Broader | trillium, wood lily, wake-robin | Any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower |
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