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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How to use wake-robin in a sentence

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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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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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