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

See how the banks are all enamelled with the pale hepatica, the painted trillium, and the delicate pink-veined spring beauty.

From Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness by Van Dyke, Henry

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

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

In shady places the ferns were unfolding in company with Solomon's-seal, wake-robin, the lady's-slipper, and the painted trillium.

From The Side Of The Angels A Novel by King, Basil

After the purple trillium has done flowering, we have the painted trillium of the woods; the trillium grandiflorum is abundant at Grosse Isle.

From Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir