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trillium

(tril′ē əm)

noun

any of a genus (Trillium) of perennial plants of the lily family, having an erect stem that bears a whorl of three leaves and a single flower with three green sepals and three petals that change color as they mature

Origin: ModL < L tri-, three

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noun

Any of various plants of the genus Trillium, of North America, the Himalaya Mountains, and eastern Asia, usually having a cluster of three leaves and a variously colored, three-petaled flower. Also called birthroot, wake-robin.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin Trillium, genus name

Origin: , probably from Swedish trilling, triplet (from its three leaves)

Origin: , from obsolete Swedish tri, three

Origin: , from Old Swedish thrīr; see trei- in Indo-European roots

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