- trillium
- trillium 1768, from Mod.L. trillium (Linnaeus, 1753), from L. tri- “three” (see THREE (Cf. three)). So called for its leaves.
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Trillium — Trillium … Wikipédia en Français
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trillium — [tril′ē əm] n. [ModL < L tri , three] any of a genus (Trillium) of perennial plants of the lily family, having an erect stem that bears a whorl of three leaves and a single flower with three green sepals and three petals that change color as… … English World dictionary
Trillium — Tril li*um, n. [NL.; cf. L. trilix triple woven, triple.] (Bot.) A genus of liliaceous plants; the three leaved nightshade; so called because all the parts of the plant are in threes. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Trillĭum — (T. L.), Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Smilaceae Parideae, 6. Kl. 3. Ordn. L.; Arten: T. pendulum, mit weißen, T. cernuum, mit fleischfarbenen, T. sessile, T. rhomboiboideum, beide purpurroth blühend; der große, abgebissene Wurzelstock… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Trillium — grandiflorum … Wikipédia en Français
Trillium — Taxobox name = Trillium image width = 250px image caption = Trillium erectum regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Lilliopsida ordo = Liliales familia = Melanthiaceae genus = Trillium genus authority = L. subdivision ranks = Species… … Wikipedia
Trillium — Trillium … Wikipedia Español
trillium — noun any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three petaled flower • Syn: ↑wood lily, ↑wake robin • Hypernyms: ↑liliaceous plant • Hyponyms: ↑prairie wake robin, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
trillium — /tril ee euhm/, n. 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. [ < NL (Linnaeus), appar. alter. of Sw trilling triplet … Universalium
