Noun: wood lily wûd li-lee
- Lily of eastern North America having orange to orange-red purple-spotted flowers
"Wood lilies brightened the forest clearing";
- Lilium philadelphicum
- Any liliaceous plant of the genus Trillium having a whorl of three leaves at the top of the stem with a single three-petalled flower
"wood lilies bloomed in the shady forest understory";
- trillium, wake-robin
Derived forms: wood lilies
Type of: liliaceous plant, lily
Part of: genus Trillium
Encyclopedia: Wood lily