painted trillium

painted trillium
noun or painted wake-robin
: a perennial herb (Trillium undulatum) of the northeastern part of No. America with three broad stalked leaves and a showy solitary flower with purple-streaked petals

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n.
a North American trillium, Trillium undulatum, having white flowers streaked with pink or purple.
[1850-55, Amer.]

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painted trillium,
a North American trillium with white flowers having deep pink or purple stripes. It grows from Quebec to Georgia and west as far as Wisconsin and Missouri.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • painted trillium — noun Date: 1855 a trillium (Trillium undulatum) of northeastern North America that has a solitary flower with white petals streaked with purple …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • Trillium undulatum — ID 85971 Symbol Key TRUN Common Name painted trillium Family Liliaceae Category Monocot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CT, GA, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, VT,… …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Trillium undulatum — Taxobox name = Painted Trillium status = G5 status system = TNC status ref = Cite web publisher =NatureServe title = Trillium undulatum work = NatureServe Explorer url = http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Trillium+u… …   Wikipedia

  • Trillium — grandiflorum …   Wikipédia en Français

  • painted wake-robin — noun see painted trillium * * * painted wake robin, = painted trillium. (Cf. ↑painted trillium) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Trillium undulatum Willd. — Symbol TRUN Common Name painted trillium Botanical Family Liliaceae …   Scientific plant list

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