1. small family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3 sepals; in some classification systems considered a subfamily of the Liliaceae; [syn: Trilliaceae, family Trilliaceae, trillium family]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Trilliaceae
n 1: small family of herbs having flowers with 3 petals and 3
sepals; in some classification systems considered a
subfamily of the Liliaceae [syn: Trilliaceae, family
Trilliaceae, trillium family]