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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ERYTHRONIUM

Er `y *thro "ni *um, n. Etym: [NL. , from Gr. (Chem. )

 

Defn: A name originally given (from its red acid ) to the metal vanadium. [R.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

erythronium

er y thro ni um |ˌeriˈTHrōnēəm ˌɛrɪˈθroʊniəm | ▶noun ( pl. erythroniums or erythronia |-nēə | ) a plant of a genus that includes dogtooth violet. [Genus Erythronium, family Liliaceae. ] ORIGIN modern Latin, from Greek (saturion ) eruthronion ‘red-flowered (orchid ).’

 

Oxford Dictionary

erythronium

erythronium |ˌɛrɪˈθrəʊnɪəm | ▶noun ( pl. erythroniums or erythronia |-ɪə | ) a plant of a genus which includes dog's-tooth violet. ●Genus Erythronium, family Liliaceae. ORIGIN modern Latin, from Greek (saturion ) eruthronion ‘red-flowered (orchid )’.