wake-robin

A form of wakerobin — Any of several perennial flowering plants, of the genus Trillium, having flowers with three petals.

Similar
trilliumwood lilyjack-in-the-pulpitIndian turnipArisaema triphyllumArisaema atrorubens

Meanings

nounwake-robin (plural wake-robins)

plural wake-robins

  1. alternativeAlternative form of wakerobin.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petaled flower

Broader
liliaceous plant

nouncommon American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries

Similar
jack-in-the-pulpitIndian turnipArisaema triphyllumArisaema atrorubens
Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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