nodding trillium

nodding trillium
noun
: a No. American trillium (Trillium cernuum) with whitish or creamy to pinkish or roseate nodding flowers nearly hidden under the leaves

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a hardy plant, Trillium cernuum, of the lily family, of the eastern coast of North America, having wavy-petalled, white or pinkish flowers on short, recurved stalks hanging beneath the three whorled leaves.
[1805-15, Amer.]

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