Noun: red trillium red tri-lee-um
- Trillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves and red or purple flowers having a pungent odour
"The red trillium's unusual scent attracted pollinating flies";
- toadshade, sessile trillium, Trillium sessile
- Trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth
"red trillium dotted the shady forest understory";
- purple trillium, birthroot, Trillium erectum
Derived forms: red trilliums
Type of: trillium, wake-robin, wood lily
Encyclopedia: Red trillium