noun
trillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves and red or purple flowers having a pungent odor
• Syn: ↑red trillium, ↑sessile trillium, ↑Trillium sessile
• Hypernyms: ↑trillium, ↑wood lily, ↑wake-robin
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun : a No. American trillium (Trillium sessile) with aromatic maroon sessile flowers
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/tohd"shayd'/, n.
a plant, Trillium sessile, of the lily family, native to the southeastern U.S., having broad, mottled leaves and a solitary purplish or greenish flower.
[TOAD + SHADE]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.