The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wake-robin \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.
WordNet
n. 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]
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]
Wikipedia
Wake-robin, wakerobin, or wake robin may refer to one of several flowers that bloom in the spring:
- Arisaema triphyllum
- Arum maculatum
- Various species of Trillium