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wood lily

/wʊd ˌlɪli/
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Other forms: wood lilies

Definitions of wood lily
  1. noun
    lily of eastern North America having orange to orange-red purple-spotted flowers
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    type of:
    lily
    any liliaceous plant of the genus Lilium having showy pendulous flowers
  2. noun
    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
    synonyms: trillium, wake-robin
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    types:
    Trillium recurvatum, prairie trillium, prairie wake-robin
    trillium of central United States having dark purple sessile flowers
    dwarf-white trillium, early wake-robin, snow trillium
    a low perennial white-flowered trillium found in the southeastern United States
    Trillium erectum, birthroot, purple trillium, red trillium
    trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth
    Trillium sessile, red trillium, sessile trillium, toadshade
    trillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves and red or purple flowers having a pungent odor
    type of:
    liliaceous plant
    plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
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