noun
1. : a showy Japanese herb ( Tricyrtis hirta ) of the family Melanthaceae that is often cultivated for its delicately spotted white flowers
2. : a common white water lily ( Nymphaea odorata ) of No. America
3. : a cultivated bulbous herb ( Fritillaria pyrenaica ) of southern Europe with ill-smelling usually solitary wine-purple flowers
4. : an Indian lettuce ( Montia chamissoi ) of moist areas at high elevations of western No. America with usually decumbent stems and axillary or terminal racemes of small white or pink flowers