prairie wake-robin

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noun

a woodland trillium, Trillium recurvatum, of the central U.S., having purple-mottled leaves and brown-purple flowers.

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How to use prairie wake-robin in a sentence

He stands, one assumes on a porch, which overlooks a prairie.
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In the wake of this turmoil, the New York Post reported that the police had stopped policing.
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However, we have just had a necessary wake-up call that all is not as secure as we believed.
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The newly free country struggled to maintain order in the wake of independence, but it was woefully unprepared.
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Mrs. Jolly Robin had often wished—when she was trying to feed a rapidly-growing family—that she could hunt forp.
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And since he was glad enough to do that, Mrs. Robin managed to feed her children all they needed.
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Robin Hood stared at him for a moment with a puzzled expression, and then walked into his little shop, and Davy turned away.
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And then Jolly Robin would feel ashamed that he had even thought of being so cruel to an infant bird, even if he was a Cowbird.
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Sometimes Grandfather Mole would speak to Mrs. Robin, or her husband; for he could hear them talking.
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