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Webster 1913 Edition

Erythronium

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Erˊy-thro′ni-um

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Noun.

[NL., from Gr. [GREEK] a kind of plant, fr.

ἐρυθρόσ

red.]

(Chem.)

A name originally given (from its red acid) to the metal vanadium.

[R.]