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‖ Trillium Bot.|ˈtrɪlɪəm|
[mod.L. (Linnæus, 1753), in allusion to the triple leaves.]
A genus (chiefly North American) of perennial endogenous herbs (N.O. Trilliaceæ, formerly referred to Smilaceæ) bearing a whorl of three thin short-stalked or stalkless leaves at the summit of a simple stem, with a solitary flower in the middle. In America also called wake-robin. Also, a plant of this genus.
1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. (1788) 300 Trillium, Herb True⁓love of Canada. 1846Penny Cycl., Suppl., Trillium. 1873‘Susan Coolidge’ What Katy Did at Sch. vii, Each walk..ended in some delightful discovery, trilliums, dog-tooth violets, apple-trees in blossom, or wild strawberries turning red. 1885Gatty Juliana H. Ewing iii. 48 Trilliums are amongst the North American plants which have lately become fashionable. 1904R. J. Farrer Gard. Asia 162 Tangles of bamboo, illuminated by the snowy stars of trillium. |