Trillium

Trillium
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]

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  • Trillĭum — (T. L.), Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Smilaceae Parideae, 6. Kl. 3. Ordn. L.; Arten: T. pendulum, mit weißen, T. cernuum, mit fleischfarbenen, T. sessile, T. rhomboiboideum, beide purpurroth blühend; der große, abgebissene Wurzelstock… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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  • Trillium — Taxobox name = Trillium image width = 250px image caption = Trillium erectum regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Lilliopsida ordo = Liliales familia = Melanthiaceae genus = Trillium genus authority = L. subdivision ranks = Species… …   Wikipedia

  • Trillium —   Trillium …   Wikipedia Español

  • trillium — noun 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 • Hypernyms: ↑liliaceous plant • Hyponyms: ↑prairie wake robin, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • trillium — /tril ee euhm/, n. any of several plants belonging to the genus Trillium, of the lily family, having a whorl of three leaves from the center of which rises a solitary, three petalled flower. [ < NL (Linnaeus), appar. alter. of Sw trilling triplet …   Universalium

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