red trillium
       n 1: trillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves
            and red or purple flowers having a pungent odor [syn: toadshade,
             sessile trillium, Trillium sessile]
       2: trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to
          purple flowers and an astringent root used in fold
          medicine especially to ease childbirth [syn: purple
          trillium, birthroot, Trillium erectum]