1. Trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth
   - purple trillium, red trillium, Trillium erectum

Derived forms: birthroots

Type of: trillium, wake-robin, wood lily

Encyclopedia: Birthroot

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