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wake-robin
[ weyk-rob-in ]
/ ˈweɪkˌrɒb ɪn /
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noun
the cuckoopint.
any of various plants belonging to the genus Trillium, native to eastern North America, of the lily family, as T. erectum, having rank-smelling purple, yellow, or white flowers.
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Origin of wake-robin
First recorded in 1520–30
Words nearby wake-robin
Wake Island, wakeless, waken, wakening, wakerife, wake-robin, wake-up, wake-up call, Waksman, Wal., Walach
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British Dictionary definitions for wake-robin
wake-robin
noun
any of various North American herbaceous plants of the genus Trillium, such as T. grandiflorum, having a whorl of three leaves and three-petalled solitary flowers: family Trilliaceae
US any of various aroid plants, esp the cuckoopint
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