HyperDic: wood_lily

English > 2 senses of the expression wood lily:
NOUNplantwood lily, trillium, wake-robinany liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower
plantwood lily, Lilium philadelphicumlily of eastern North America having orange to orange-red purple-spotted flowers
English > wood lily: 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, wake-robin
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 > wood lily: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
Meaninglily of eastern North America having orange to orange-red purple-spotted flowers.
SynonymLilium philadelphicum
BroaderlilyAny liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers

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