genus trillium

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1. deciduous perennial herbs; sometimes placed in family Liliaceae (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	liliid monocot genus,
definition	:	genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	trillium, wake-robin, wood lily,
definition	:	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 (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family trilliaceae, trilliaceae, trillium family,
definition	:	small family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae (noun.plant)