red trillium

noun

Trillium erectum, native to eastern, northeastern North America.

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wakerobinpurple trilliumBeth rootstinking Benjamintoadshadesessile trilliumTrillium sessilebirthroot
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Meanings

nounred trillium (plural red trilliums)

plural red trilliums

  1. Trillium erectum, native to eastern, northeastern North America.

    Synonyms: wakerobin, purple trillium, Beth root, stinking Benjamin

Synonyms & antonyms

nounTrillium erectum, native to eastern, northeastern North America.

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wakerobinpurple trilliumBeth rootstinking Benjamin

More synonyms by meaning

nountrillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves and red or purple flowers having a pungent odor

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toadshadesessile trilliumTrillium sessile
Broader
trilliumwood lilywake-robin

nountrillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth

Similar
purple trilliumbirthrootTrillium erectum
Broader
trilliumwood lilywake-robin
Also see
birthroottoadshade

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

red trillium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20trillium

MLA

“red trillium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20trillium. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “red trillium,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/red%20trillium.

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