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Trillium \Tril"li*um\, n. [NL.; cf. L. trilix triple-woven, triple.]

(Bot.) A genus of liliaceous plants; the three-leaved nightshade; -- so called because all the parts of the plant are in threes. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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 [syn: wood lily, wake-robin]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

 

Trillium \Tril"li*um\, n. [NL.; cf. L. trilix triple-woven, triple.]

(Bot.) A genus of liliaceous plants; the three-leaved nightshade; -- so called because all the parts of the plant are in threes.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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