red trillium
1. trillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves and red or purple flowers having a pungent odor • Syn: toadshade, sessile trillium, Trillium sessile • Hypernyms: trillium, wood lily, wake-robin 2. trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth • Syn: purple trillium, birthroot, Trillium erectum • Hypernyms: trillium, wood lily, wake-robin
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