erythronium Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lily
    genus Erythronium.

WordNet


Er`y*thro"ni*um noun
Etymology
NL., from Gr. a kind of plant, fr. red.
Definitions
  1. (Chem.) A name originally given (from its red acid) to the metal vanadium. R.

Webster 1913