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wake-robin

[ weyk-rob-in ]

noun

  1. the cuckoopint.
  2. any of various plants belonging to the genus Trillium, native to eastern North America, of the lily family, as T. erectum, having rank-smelling purple, yellow, or white flowers.


wake-robin

noun

  1. any of various North American herbaceous plants of the genus Trillium, such as T. grandiflorum, having a whorl of three leaves and three-petalled solitary flowers: family Trilliaceae
  2. any of various aroid plants, esp the cuckoopint
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of wake-robin1

First recorded in 1520–30
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Example Sentences

John Burroughs's "Wake Robin" deals not with robins alone, but with birds and bird habits in general.

Here he came upon evidences of a meal which the rival had made upon wake-robin roots.

Mr. John Burroughs says his sign is the wake-robin, or trillium.

It was published in 1867, preceding "Wake-Robin" by four years.

Mr. Burroughs, in Wake-Robin, mentions having found two nests, and gives us to understand that he saw only the female birds.

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