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trillium
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
any of several trilliums having a flower resembling a lily, especially Trillium grandiflorum, the floral emblem of Ontario.
See: white trillium
Quotations
1796
I walked down the hill in the evening and gathered . . . tryliums, which resemble lilies. . . .
1852
The high sloping hills . . . were clothed with . . . the large pure white blossoms of the lily-like trillium. . . .
1955
Through the quiet woods of Ontario such early flowers as Spring Beauty, Hepatica, and Trillium are lifting their pretty heads above the brown coverlet of fallen leaves.