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TOADSHADE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does toadshade mean?
• TOADSHADE (noun)
The noun TOADSHADE has 1 sense:
1. trillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves and red or purple flowers having a pungent odor
Familiarity information: TOADSHADE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Trillium of northeastern United States with sessile leaves and red or purple flowers having a pungent odor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
red trillium; sessile trillium; toadshade; Trillium sessile
Hypernyms ("toadshade" is a kind of...):
trillium; wake-robin; wood lily (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)
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