prairie wake-robin

Definitions of prairie wake-robin
  1. noun
    trillium of central United States having dark purple sessile flowers
    synonyms: Trillium recurvatum, prairie trillium
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    type of:
    trillium, wake-robin, wood lily
    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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