Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of liliaceous plants, of the tribe Medeoleæ.
- noun A plant of the above genus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of liliaceous plants; the three-leaved nightshade; -- so called because all the parts of the plant are in threes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
perennial flowering plants , of the genus Trillium, having flowers with three petals
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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After the purple _trillium_ has done flowering, we have the painted trillium of the woods; the _trillium grandiflorum_ is abundant at Grosse
Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present 1868
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We also explained how unique and perfect the trillium was and, of course, that it was our flower.
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Some brought handfuls of columbine from rocky nooks, and others the purple trillium, that is near of kin to Burroughs's white
Nature's Serial Story Edward Payson Roe 1863
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WHY PLANT IT: These local gems, also known as trillium ovatum, are easy to grow if given the right conditions.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2010
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The fibrous nature of leaf mould retains moisture and enables free drainage, which means it also makes a fine mulch for woodland treasures such as trillium or wood anemone.
Gardening jobs for November Dan Pearson 2010
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A few years ago I found a good deal on some dormant trillium through a mail-order company, and probably planted two dozen plants.
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This is what a trillium looks like in someone * else's* garden.
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The trillium has such defined markings on the petals!
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Thursday, June 4 2009 any risk this will go the trillium way? is there a major difference?
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I went out yesterday and found one single, solitary trillium.
knitandpurl commented on the word trillium
See also: trillium flexipes: "nodding wakerobin" is such a good name!
November 27, 2009