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Definition of: trillium
(tril′ē·əm) noun
Any of a genus (Trillium) of North American herbs of the lily family, with a stout stem, rising from a short root-stock and bearing a whorl of three leaves and a solitary flower. The fruit is a red or purple berry. [<NL <L trt- three; so called because of its three leaves]
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