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trillium (iou)



trillium noun. M19.
[mod. Latin (see below), app. alt. of Swedish trilling triplet, with ref. to the parts of the plant being in threes.]
Any of various N. American plants of the genus Trillium, of the lily family, related to herb Paris but bearing a whorl of three leaves at the summit of the stem and in the middle a solitary flower with three white or brightly coloured petals. Also called wake-robin.