wood_lily (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the expression *wood lily*:
NOUN	plant	wood lily, trillium, wake-robin	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
plant	wood lily, Lilium philadelphicum	lily of eastern North America having orange to orange-red purple-spotted flowers

English > *wood lily*: 2 senses > 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.
Synonyms	trillium, wake-robin
Member of	genus Trillium	deciduous perennial herbs
Narrower	dwarf-white trillium, snow trillium, early wake-robin	A low perennial white-flowered trillium found in the southeastern United States
	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
Spanish	trillium
Catalan	trillium

English > *wood lily*: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
Meaning	lily of eastern North America having orange to orange-red purple-spotted flowers.
Synonym	Lilium philadelphicum
Broader	lily	Any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers

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