RED TRILLIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red trillium mean? 

• RED TRILLIUM (noun)
  The noun RED TRILLIUM has 2 senses:

1. trillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves and red or purple flowers having a pungent odor

2. trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth

  Familiarity information: RED TRILLIUM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RED TRILLIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Trillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves and red or purple flowers having a pungent odor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

red trillium; sessile trillium; toadshade; Trillium sessile

Hypernyms ("red trillium" is a kind of...):

trillium; wake-robin; wood lily (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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

birthroot; purple trillium; red trillium; Trillium erectum

Hypernyms ("red trillium" is a kind of...):

trillium; wake-robin; wood lily (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)