trillium

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtrɪljəm/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(tril′ē əm)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
tril•li•um  (tril′ē əm),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. any of several plants belonging to the genus Trillium, of the lily family, having a whorl of three leaves from the center of which rises a solitary, three-petalled flower.
  • Neo-Latin (Linnaeus), apparently alteration of Swedish trilling triplet, alluding to the foliation

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
trillium / ˈtrɪljəm/
  1. 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
Etymology: 18th Century: from New Latin, modification by Linnaeus of Swedish trilling triplet
'trillium' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
birthroot - bloody butchers - lily family - nodding trillium - nosebleed - painted trillium - prairie wake-robin - purple trillium - red trillium - toadshade - wake-robin

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