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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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-petalled  flower  [syn:  {wood  lily},  {wake-robin}] 




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