wake-robin
Americannoun
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the cuckoopint.
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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.
noun
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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
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any of various aroid plants, esp the cuckoopint
Etymology
Origin of wake-robin
First recorded in 1520–30
Example Sentences
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Some brought handfuls of columbine from rocky nooks, and others the purple trillium, that is near of kin to Burroughs's white "wake-robin."
From Nature's Serial Story by Edward Payson Roe
Fresh green heads of bosky ferns and wake-robin were pushing up through the old mats of last year's foliage.
From A Busy Year at the Old Squire's by C. A. (Charles Asbury) Stephens
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 T. F. Thiselton (Thomas Firminger Thiselton) Dyer
Our wake-robin so closely resembles T. grandiflorum, Salisb., of the Eastern States, that it seems a pity it should have been made into a different species.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
In shady places the ferns were unfolding in company with Solomon's-seal, wake-robin, the lady's-slipper, and the painted trillium.
From The Side Of The Angels A Novel by Basil King
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