red trillium
n 1: trillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves
and red or purple flowers having a pungent odor [syn: {red
trillium}, {toadshade}, {sessile trillium}, {Trillium
sessile}]
2: trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to
purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine
especially to ease childbirth [syn: {purple trillium}, {red
trillium}, {birthroot}, {Trillium erectum}]