wake-rob·in /ˈwekˌrɑbən/
Wake-rob·in n. Bot. Any plant of the genus Arum, especially, in England, the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum).
Note: ☞ In America the name is given to several species of Trillium, and sometimes to the Jack-in-the-pulpit.
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wake-robin
n 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 [syn: 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 [syn: jack-in-the-pulpit, Indian turnip, Arisaema
triphyllum, Arisaema atrorubens]