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Webster 1913 Edition


Erythronium


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.]

Definition 2024


Erythronium

Erythronium

See also: erythronium and érythronium

Translingual

Proper noun

Erythronium n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Liliaceae – the fawnlilies.

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erythronium

erythronium

See also: Erythronium and érythronium

English

Noun

erythronium (uncountable)

  1. A plant of the genus Erythronium; a dogtooth violet.
  2. (obsolete) An early proposed name for vanadium.

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