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trillium

See also: Trillium

English

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sweet trillium (Trillium albidum)

Etymology

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From the genus name.

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Noun

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trillium (plural trilliums)

  1. Any of several perennial flowering plants, of the genus Trillium, having flowers with three petals

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References

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  1. ^ Hall, Joseph Sargent (1942 March 2) “2. The Vowel Sounds of Unstressed and Partially Stressed Syllables”, in The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4), New York: King's Crown Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § II.2, page 66.

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Latin

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Etymology

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Said to be altered from Swedish trilling (“triplet”).[1]

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Noun

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trillium n (genitive trilliī or trillī); second declension

  1. trillium

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative trillium trillia
Genitive trilliī
trillī1 		trilliōrum
Dative trilliō trilliīs
Accusative trillium trillia
Ablative trilliō trilliīs
Vocative trillium trillia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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  1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
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