Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of liliaceous plants, natives of northern temperate regions, commonly known as the dog-tooth violet.
- noun [lowercase] A name sometimes given to vanadate of lead.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.), rare A name originally given (from its
red acid) to the metal vanadium.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete An early proposed name for
vanadium .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lily
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word erythronium.
Examples
-
They include the erythronium (or dog's tooth violets), trillium, and the tuberous rooted Anemone nemorosa.
-
He later renamed this compound erythronium meaning red, a reference that this material turned red when heated.
Vanadium 2008
-
The first erythronium out today in the forest or at least that I have seen so far.
Sproing! intertext 2006
-
Doug this afternoon with doggies, and when I could manage to stop them trampling them, took some shots of the erythronium, so here they are, as promised.
erythronium intertext 2006
-
In a sheltered, sunny nook, she found a single erythronium, lured forth in advance of its proper season, and gathered it as a relic of the spot, which she might keep without blame.
-
The most noticeable and abundant flower on all slopes is the avalanche lily (_erythronium montanum_).
The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' John H. Williams
-
The same may be said of the erythronium, or dog's-tooth violet or adder's tongue, and of very many other early wild flowers.
-
The evergreens of various kinds supply the note of colour which alone gives hope and promises relief from neutral brown and grey, and underneath what once was a leafy forest arcade are all the roots of spring -- the spotted erythronium, the hepatica, the delicate uvularia, the starry trientalis.
Ringfield A Novel 1897
-
They were growing in a small, nestlike opening between the rock and the bushes, and both the erythronium and the fritillaria were in full flower.
Steep Trails John Muir 1876
-
The fritillaria has five or six linear, obtuse leaves, put on irregularly near the bottom of the stem, which is usually terminated by one large bell-shaped flower; but its more beautiful companion, the erythronium, has two radical leaves only, which are large and oval, and shine like glass.
Steep Trails John Muir 1876
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.