wood lily

1. 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

   Synonymstrilliumwake-robin

   Broaderliliaceous plant

   Narrowerprairie wake-robindwarf-white trilliumpurple trilliumred trillium

   Part ofgenus Trillium
2. 2.

   lily of eastern North America having orange to orange-red purple-spotted flowers

   SynonymsLilium philadelphicum

   Broaderlily

Questions about wood lily

What does wood lily mean?

wood lily means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for wood lily?

Close synonyms include trillium, wake-robin, Lilium philadelphicum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wood lily a common word?

wood lily is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.