wake-robin

American  

[weyk-rob-in] / ˈweɪkˌrɒb ɪn /

noun

1. the cuckoopint.

2. 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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wake-robin British  

noun

1. 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

2. any of various aroid plants, esp the cuckoopint

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Etymology

Origin of wake-robin

First recorded in 1520–30

Example Sentences

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wake-robin

Among the names of the Arum may be noticed "parson in the pulpit," "cows and calves," "lords and ladies," and "wake-robin."

From The Folk-lore of Plants by Dyer, T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton)

The dandelion tells me when to look for the swallow, the dogtooth violet when to expect the wood-thrush, and when I have found the wake-robin in bloom I know the season is fairly inaugurated.

From Wake-Robin by Burroughs, John

On the three-leaved table which once carried the gay flower of the wake-robin, there was a scarlet lump like a red pepper escaped to the forest and run wild.

From Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness by Van Dyke, Henry

Here he came upon evidences of a meal which the rival had made upon wake-robin roots.

From Followers of the Trail by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)

"Shall we take up this wake-robin?" asked Ethel Blue.

From Ethel Morton's Enterprise by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)