erythronium

/ (ˌɛrɪˈθrəʊnɪəm) /

noun

any plant of the bulbous genus Erythronium, with decoratively mottled leaves and cyclamen-like yellow, rose, purple, or white flowers: family Liliaceae See also dogtooth violet

Word Origin for erythronium

New Latin, from Greek erythros red

Words nearby erythronium

erythrolysis, erythromelalgia, erythromycin, erythron, erythroneocytosis, erythronium, erythropenia, erythrophagia, erythrophagocytosis, erythrophil, erythrophilic

Example sentences from the Web for erythronium

We have several species of Erythronium, all of them beautiful.

The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits |Mary Elizabeth Parsons
Thus in Erythronium and Limnocharis the fertilized egg may form a mass of tissue on which several embryos are produced.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 |Various
The most noticeable and abundant flower on all slopes is the avalanche lily (erythronium montanum).

The Mountain that was 'God' |John H. Williams
Two liliaceous plants in particular, Erythronium grandiflorum and Fritillaria pudica, are marvelously beautiful and abundant.

Steep Trails |John Muir

I observed the Erythronium dens canis, and Panax trifolium appeared in flower on the 25th.

Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers |Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

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erythronium

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