HyperDic: wake-robin

English > 2 senses of the word wake-robin:
NOUNplantwake-robin, trillium, wood lilyany liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower
plantwake-robin, jack-in-the-pulpit, Indian turnip, Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema atrorubenscommon American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries
English > wake-robin: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower.
Synonymstrillium, wood lily
Member ofgenus Trilliumdeciduous perennial herbs
Narrowerdwarf-white trillium, snow trillium, early wake-robinA low perennial white-flowered trillium found in the southeastern United States
prairie wake-robin, prairie trillium, Trillium recurvatumtrillium of central United States having dark purple sessile flowers
purple trillium, red trillium, birthroot, Trillium erectumtrillium 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 sessiletrillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves and red or purple flowers having a pungent odor
Broaderliliaceous plantplant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
Spanishtrillium
Catalantrillium
English > wake-robin: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
MeaningCommon American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries.
Synonymsjack-in-the-pulpit, Indian turnip, Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema atrorubens
Member ofArisaema, genus Arisaematuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials
Broaderarum, aroidAny plant of the family Araceae
Catalanarisaema triphyllum

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