noun
small family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae
• Syn: ↑Trilliaceae, ↑family Trilliaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑liliid monocot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Liliales, ↑order Liliales
• Member Meronyms: ↑genus Trillium
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nounUseful english dictionary. 2012.