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wood lily

noun

1. lily of eastern North America having orange to orange-red purple-spotted flowers

• Syn: ↑Lilium philadelphicum

• Hypernyms: ↑lily

2. 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

• Syn: ↑trillium, ↑wake-robin

• Hypernyms: ↑liliaceous plant

• Hyponyms:

↑prairie wake-robin, ↑prairie trillium, ↑Trillium recurvatum, ↑dwarf-white trillium, ↑snow trillium, ↑early wake-robin, ↑purple trillium, ↑red trillium, ↑birthroot, ↑Trillium erectum, ↑toadshade, ↑sessile trillium, ↑Trillium sessile

• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Trillium

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noun

Etymology: Middle English wode lilie

1.

a. : lily of the valley

b. : a red-flowered lily (Lilium philadelphicum) of the eastern U.S. — called also red lily

c. : a plant of the genus Trillium

2. : a wintergreen (Pyrola minor)

3. : an Australian orchid (Dendrobium speciosum) with creamy fragrant flowers

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a lily, Lilium philadelphicum, of eastern North America, having orange-red flowers.

[1350-1400; ME: meadow saffron]

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wood lily,

= orangecup lily. (Cf. ↑orangecup lily)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.