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Wake-robin   /weɪk-rˈɑbən/   Listen
Wake-robin

noun
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.  Synonyms: 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.  Synonyms: Arisaema atrorubens, Arisaema triphyllum, Indian turnip, jack-in-the-pulpit.



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"Wake-robin" Quotes from Famous Books



... and soul-help in reading and re-reading "The Summit of the Years." In this, and in "All's Well with the World," is mirrored the very soul of the gentlest, the most lovable man-character I have ever come across in literature or life....To me all his books, from "Wake-Robin" to "Time and Change," radiate the most joyous optimism.... During the past month I have devoted my evenings to re-reading (them).... He has always meant a great deal more to me than merely intellectual pleasure, and, next to Walt Whitman, has helped me to ...
— Our Friend John Burroughs • Clara Barrus

... brown-green, but nowhere as yet the full, rich hue of summer. Here and there a choke-cherry in full bloom swayed and shivered like a wraith. In shady places the ferns were unfolding in company with Solomon's-seal, wake-robin, the lady's-slipper, and the painted trillium. There was an abundance of yellow—cinquefoil, crowfoot, ragwort, bellwort, and shy patches of ...
— The Side Of The Angels - A Novel • Basil King



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