- a trillium, Trillium erectum, the roots of which were formerly used in medicine as an astringent.
- any of certain other species of trillium.
- any of several North American plants of the genus Trillium, esp T. erectum, whose tuber-like roots were formerly used by the Native Americans as an aid in childbirth: family Trilliaceae
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