Hypertext Webster Gateway: "trillium"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
trillium
n : 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}]
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