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Webster 1913 Edition
Trillium
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Tril′li-um
,Noun.
[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.
Definition 2025
Trillium
Trillium
See also: trillium
Translingual
Trillium cernuum
Proper noun
Trillium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Melanthiaceae.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots - clades; Liliales - order; Melanthiaceae - family; Parideae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Trillium subg. Trillium, Trillium subg. Phyllantherum - subgenera
- Trillium cernuum - type species; for others see
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- Trillium cernuum - type species; for others see
trillium
trillium
See also: Trillium
English
sweet trillium (Trillium albidum)
Noun
trillium (plural trilliums)
- Any of several perennial flowering plants, of the genus Trillium, having flowers with three petals
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtril.li.um/, [ˈtrɪl.li.ũ]
Noun
trillium n (genitive trilliī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | trillium | trillia |
| genitive | trilliī | trilliōrum |
| dative | trilliō | trilliīs |
| accusative | trillium | trillia |
| ablative | trilliō | trilliīs |
| vocative | trillium | trillia |