单词 | trillium |
释义 | Trilliumn. Botany. A genus (chiefly North American) of perennial endogenous herbs (N.O. Trilliaceæ, formerly referred to Smilaceæ) bearing a whorl of three thin short-stalked or stalkless leaves at the summit of a simple stem, with a solitary flower in the middle. In America also called wake-robin. Also, a plant of this genus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Liliaceae family or plants > [noun] > Trillium herb true-love1640 birthroot1707 three-leaved nightshade1760 Trillium1760 true love1760 Indian balm1830 nosebleed1869 wake-robin1871 white bath1891 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. Table i. 267 Trillium, Herb True-love of Canada. 1846 Penny Cycl. Suppl. II. 402/2 Trillium. 1873 ‘S. Coolidge’ What Katy did at School vii. 129 Each walk..ended in some delightful discovery, trilliums, dog-tooth violets, apple-trees in blossom, or wild strawberries turning red. 1885 H. K. T. Gatty Juliana H. Ewing iii. 48 Trilliums are amongst the North American plants which have lately become fashionable. 1904 R. J. Farrer Garden of Asia 162 Tangles of bamboo, illuminated by the snowy stars of trillium. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1760 |
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