Definition of Erythronium

1. Noun. Perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lily.


Definition of Erythronium

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

Definition of Erythronium

1. Noun. (obsolete) An early proposed name for vanadium. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Erythronium

1. A name originally given (from its red acid) to the metal vanadium. Origin: NL, from Gr. A kind of plant, fr. Red. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Erythronium

erythrolysis
erythromelalgia
erythromelia
erythromycin
erythromycin C-12 hydroxylase
erythromycin esterase
erythromycin estolate
erythromycin ethylsuccinate
erythromycin glucoheptonate
erythromycin propionate
erythromycin stearate
erythromycins
erythromyelogenous
erythron
erythroneocytosis
erythronium (current term)
erythronormoblastic anaemia
erythrons
erythropenia
erythrophagia
erythrophagocytosis
erythrophil
erythrophilic
erythrophleine
erythrophobia
erythrophore
erythrophore reaction
erythrophyllin
erythroplakia
erythroplasia

Literary usage of Erythronium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1902)
"HABITS OF THE DEEP-SET BULBS OF erythronium. BY GRACE STODDARD NILES. ... "erythronium, its botanical name, is not good, as it is derived from a Greek word ..."

2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1902)
"HABITS OF THE DEEP-SET BULBS OF erythronium. BY GRACE: STODDARD NILES. ... "erythronium, its botanical name, is not good, as it is derived from a Greek word ..."

3. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"erythronium AMERICANUM (American). Yellow Adders-tongue. t lower scape 3 to six inches high. Leaves elliptic, lance-shaped, marked with violet and white. ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1878)
"THE RUNNERS OF erythronium AMERICANUM. BY EDWARD POTTS. THE botanist or amateur flower collector who wanders at this season of the year (early in May) along ..."

5. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1917)
"THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE THE LENGTH OF erythronium STAMENS BY FL PICKETT In a recent note in this journal* Paul W. Graff recorded some interesting ..."

6. A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America by Laurence Johnson (1884)
"erythronium Americanum Smith.—Adder-s Tongue, Dog-s Tooth Violet. Description.—Perianth of 6 distinct, petaloid sepals, in 2 series, recurved or spreading ..."

7. The Flower Garden, Or, Breck's Book of Flowers: In which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1858)
"erythronium. Dog'i-tooth Violet. E. Americanum, — Yellow-flowered Dog's-tooth Violet, — is a beautiful native plant, found in moist woods and thickets. ..."

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