wake-robin \wake"-rob`in\, n. bot.
   any plant of the genus arum, especially, in england, the
   cuckoopint arum maculatum.
   1913 webster

   note: in america the name is given to several species of
         trillium, and sometimes to the jack-in-the-pulpit.
         1913 webster
see also:
arum arum maculatum 

wake-robin
     n 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 syn: 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 syn: jack-in-the-pulpit, indian turnip, arisaema
        triphyllum, arisaema atrorubens
see also:
trillium wood lily jack-in-the-pulpit indian turnip arisaema triphyllum arisaema atrorubens