painted trillium
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of painted trillium
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
Example Sentences
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The Painted Trillium bore rich flowers of pink and wine color, and stood four or five feet from the ground.
From Project Gutenberg
Relieved of this worry, Stankard began producing a profusion of wild-flower paperweights: painted Trillium, black-eyed Susan, loosestrife, lady's slipper and prickly pear cactus.
From Time Magazine Archive
Leaves acuminate; petals acute, purple-striped at base Painted Trillium, Trillium undulatum. 29a.
From Project Gutenberg
In shady places the ferns were unfolding in company with Solomon's-seal, wake-robin, the lady's-slipper, and the painted trillium.
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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.
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