Trillium

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]