painted trillium

American  

noun

1. a North American trillium, Trillium undulatum, having white flowers streaked with pink or purple.

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Etymology

Origin of painted trillium

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Example Sentences

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painted trillium

The pretty painted trillium was in blossom, as was also the dark purple species, and the hobble-bush showed its broad white cymes in all directions.

From Birds in the Bush by Torrey, Bradford

A very pretty flower which we began to meet with well up on the mountain-side was the painted trillium, the petals white, veined with pink.

From In the Catskills Selections from the Writings of John Burroughs by Burroughs, John

The boys had the painted trillium in their collection but had never seen the white one.

From Girl Scouts in the Adirondacks by Roy, Lillian Elizabeth

The spring-beauty, the painted trillium, the fringed polygala, the showy lady's-slipper, are all more striking to look upon, but they do not quite touch the heart; they lack the soul that perfume suggests.

From The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers by Burroughs, John

Amid the trunks of the trees grew elder shrubs, and snake-berries, and the elvish trifoliate plants of the purple and the painted trillium.

From Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir