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erythronium
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun erythronium has 1 sense
- erythronium(n = noun.plant) genus erythronium - perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lily; Array is a kind of liliid monocot genus
is a member of family liliaceae, liliaceae, lily family
CIDE DICTIONARY
erythronium, n. [NL., from Gr. a kind of plant, fr. 'eryqro`s red.].
A name originally given (from its red acid) to the metal vanadium. [1913 Webster]
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