trillium

tril·li·um

T0358700 (trĭl′ē-əm)n. Any of various plants of the genus Trillium, of North America, the Himalaya Mountains, and eastern Asia, having a whorl of three leaflike bracts and a usually white, reddish, or yellow three-petaled flower. Also called birthroot, wake-robin.

[New Latin Trillium, genus name, probably from Swedish trilling, triplet (from its three leaflike bracts), from obsolete Swedish tri, three, from Old Swedish thrīr; see trei- in Indo-European roots.]

trillium

(ˈtrɪljəm) n (Plants) any herbaceous plant of the genus Trillium, of Asia and North America, having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single central white, pink, or purple three-petalled flower: family Trilliaceae[C18: from New Latin, modification by Linnaeus of Swedish trilling triplet]

tril•li•um

(ˈtrɪl i əm)

n. any of several plants belonging to the genus Trillium, of the lily family, having on the stem a whorl of three leaves and a solitary flower with three sepals and three petals. [1750–60; < New Latin (Linnaeus), appar. alter. of Swedish trilling triplet]

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Noun

trillium - any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flowerwake-robin, wood lilyliliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tubergenus Trillium - deciduous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Liliaceaeprairie trillium, prairie wake-robin, Trillium recurvatum - trillium of central United States having dark purple sessile flowersdwarf-white trillium, early wake-robin, snow trillium - a low perennial white-flowered trillium found in the southeastern United Statesbirthroot, purple trillium, Trillium erectum, red trillium - trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirthred trillium, sessile trillium, toadshade, Trillium sessile - trillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves and red or purple flowers having a pungent odor

trillium

wake-robin

(trĭl`ēəm), any plant of the large genus Trillium, attractive spring wildflowers of the family Liliaceae (lilylily,
common name for the Liliaceae, a plant family numbering several thousand species of as many as 300 genera, widely distributed over the earth and particularly abundant in warm temperate and tropical regions.
..... Click the link for more information. family), native to North America and E Asia. The leaves, petals, and sepals are characteristically in threes, and the single flower may be white, pink, dark red, yellow, or green. The plants have a perennial rootstock that in T. erectum (also called birthroot) was used medicinally by both Native Americans and early colonists. Trillium is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Liliopsida, order Liliales, family Liliaceae.

trillium

Smooth round stem 2 ft tall (60cm) tinged with red, topped with 3 wavy-edged leaves and a 3 petal flower, colored white, red or pink. Whole plant is edible. Young unopened leaves taste like sunflower seeds. Leaves and flower can be used in salads or as tea. Root used as antiseptic, calm spasms, help promote menstruation. Boiled-down root bark used for earache.

trillium

any herbaceous plant of the genus Trillium, of Asia and North America, having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single central white, pink, or purple three-petalled flower: family Trilliaceae

trillium

birthroot

Herbal medicine
A perennial plant, the roots of which contain saponins (e.g., diosgenin) and volatile oils; it is antiseptic and astringent, and has been used for bites and dermal irritation, gastrointestinal complaints (e.g., haemorrhage and diarrhoea) and to stop postpartum haemorrhage.

tril·li·um

(tril'ē-ŭm) (T. erectum) A member of the lily family; purported value as antiseptic and astringent; used historically in wound care.
Synonym(s): beth root, coughroot, jew's harp plant, stinking benjamin. [L., fr. tri-, three, threefold]

trillium

noun

Synonyms for trillium

noun 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

wake-robin
wood lily

Related Words

liliaceous plant
genus Trillium
prairie trillium
prairie wake-robin
Trillium recurvatum
dwarf-white trillium
early wake-robin
snow trillium
birthroot
purple trillium
Trillium erectum
red trillium
sessile trillium
toadshade
Trillium sessile