trillium

American  

[tril-ee-uhm] / ˈtrɪl i əm /

noun

1. any of several plants belonging to the genus Trillium, of the lily family, having a whorl of three leaves from the center of which rises a solitary, three-petalled flower.

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trillium British  

/ ˈtrɪljəm /

noun

1. any herbaceous plant of the genus Trillium , of Asia and North America, having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single central white, pink, or purple three-petalled flower: family Trilliaceae

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Etymology

Origin of trillium

< New Latin (Linnaeus), apparently alteration of Swedish trilling triplet, alluding to the foliation

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Example Sentences

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trillium

Like the three-petaled trillium, the book has three sections.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025

Stop to catch your breath and admire the trillium blooming along the trailside.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2023

At the base of a steep hill directly below the house, Orpello points out freshly cleared areas where long-dormant spring blooms, snowdrops, snowflakes, Virginia bluebells, trillium and hesperis have returned after decades underground.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2021

There are also local wildflowers - trillium, dogtooth violets and cornflowers from ditches.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2019

Ella riffled through the cabinet of herbs, eyes scanning over all the little drawers of dried roots and plants, the labels in Latin: trillium grandiflorum, viburnum, eugenia pimenta, and so on.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

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