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TRILLIUM ERECTUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth
Synonyms:
birthroot; purple trillium; red trillium; Trillium erectum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Trillium erectum" is a kind of...):
trillium; wake-robin; wood lily (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)
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