Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A liliaceous plant of the United States, Medeola Virginica, allied to Trillium, having two whorls of leaves on the slender stem, and an umbel of recurved flowers.
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Examples
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Medeola Virginica (Indian cucumber-root), West Branch and Chesuncook woods.
The Maine Woods 1858
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