wake-robin meaning and definition

WAKE-ROBIN noun

Definition of wake-robin (noun)

1. 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
   • synonyms: trillium, wood lily
2. common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries
   • synonyms: Arisaema atrorubens, Arisaema triphyllum, Indian turnip, jack-in-the-pulpit