Associations to the word «Trillium»

Wiktionary

TRILLIUM, noun. Any of several perennial flowering plants, of the genus Trillium, having flowers with three petals
TRILLIUM, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Melanthiaceae.
TRILLIUM ERECTUM, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Malanthiaceae   — the red trillium.

Dictionary definition

TRILLIUM, 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.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats