nodding trillium

noun

1. a hardy plant, Trillium cernuum, of the lily family, of the eastern coast of North America, having wavy-petalled, white or pinkish flowers on short, recurved stalks hanging beneath the three whorled leaves.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nodding trillium¹

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Example Sentences

Into it were worked white star-flowers without number, with an occasional nodding trillium.

From Project Gutenberg

With the same range as the nodding trillium's, the Painted Wake-Robin comes into bloom nearly a month later—in May and June—when all the birds are not only wide awake, but have finished courting, and are busily engaged in the most serious business of life.

From Project Gutenberg

With the same range as the nodding trillium's, the painted wake-robin comes into bloom nearly a month later - in May and June - when all the birds are not only wide awake, but have finished courting, and are busily engaged in the most serious business of life.

From Project Gutenberg