HyperDic: trillium_family

English > 1 sense of the expression trillium family:
NOUNplanttrillium family, Trilliaceae, family Trilliaceaesmall family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals
English > trillium family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae.
SynonymsTrilliaceae, family Trilliaceae
Member ofLiliales, order LilialesAn order of monocotyledonous plants including Amaryllidaceae and Liliaceae and Iridaceae
Membersgenus Trilliumdeciduous perennial herbs
Broaderliliid monocot familyfamily of monocotyledonous plants of the subclass Liliidae

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