Meaning of WAKE-ROBIN
| Pronunciation: | | 'weyk`râbin
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- [n] common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries
- [n] 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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| | Synonyms: | | Arisaema atrorubens, Arisaema triphyllum, Indian turnip, jack-in-the-pulpit, trillium, wood lily |
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| | See Also: | | Arisaema, aroid, arum, birthroot, dwarf-white trillium, early wake-robin, genus Arisaema, genus Trillium, liliaceous plant, prairie trillium, prairie wake-robin, purple trillium, red trillium, sessile trillium, snow trillium, toadshade, Trillium erectum, Trillium recurvatum, Trillium sessile | |
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| | Definition: | | Wake-Robin
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| | Definition: | | \Wake"-rob`in\, n. (Bot.)
Any plant of the genus {Arum}, especially, in England, the
cuckoopint ({Arum maculatum}).
Note: In America the name is given to several species of
Trillium, and sometimes to the Jack-in-the-pulpit.
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