English > trillium: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | 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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| Synonyms | wood lily, wake-robin |
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| Member of | genus Trillium | deciduous perennial herbs |
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| Narrower | dwarf-white trillium, snow trillium, early wake-robin | A low perennial white-flowered trillium found in the southeastern United States |
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| prairie wake-robin, prairie trillium, Trillium recurvatum | trillium of central United States having dark purple sessile flowers |
| purple trillium, red trillium, birthroot, 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 |
| red trillium, toadshade, sessile trillium, Trillium sessile | trillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves and red or purple flowers having a pungent odor |
| Broader | liliaceous plant | plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber |
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| Spanish | trillium |
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| Catalan | trillium |
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