Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Any plant of the genus Arum, especially the cuckoopint.
Etymologies
- wake + robin (Wiktionary)
Examples
“If procidentia ani be attended with a discharge of blood, pare off the rind of the root of wakerobin, then pound and mix flour with it, and apply it warm as a cataplasm.”
“Having boiled the leaves of the wakerobin in wine and oil, apply a bandage.”
“When enough has been rubbed in, lay aside the medicine, and apply boiled wakerobin in a soft state, either rubbing it in dry, or moistening it with honey.”
“Another: - Sprinkle on it dried wakerobin, and add the green bark of the fig-tree, pounding it in the juice: do this with or without wine, and along with honey.”
“Another liquid medicine: - The herb, the leaf of which resembles the arum (wakerobin) in nature, but is white, downy, of the size of the ivy-leaf: this herb is applied with wine, or the substance which forms upon the branches of the ilex, when pounded with wine, is to be applied.”
“So far the comments haven't mentioned the *other* lambs-quarters, Trillium erectum, also known colloquially as bethroot, birthroot, wakerobin, Indian balm, Indian shamrock, squaw root, and ground lily.”
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reesetee Isn't this also called birthroot? Not nearly as nifty, of course. Sep 17, 2009
hernesheir One of 3 species of Trillium that occur in Florida. Also wake-robin. My favorite plant common name to date. Sep 16, 2009