NOUN | plant | family Trilliaceae, Trilliaceae, trillium family | small family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals |
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Meaning | small family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae. | |
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Synonyms | Trilliaceae, trillium family | |
Member of | Liliales, order Liliales | An order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae |
Members | genus Trillium | deciduous perennial herbs |
Broader | liliid monocot family | family of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae |
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