erythronium

noun

Etymology

From the genus name, from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”): in the case of the chemical, since most of the salts turned red when heated.

Definitions

  1. A plant of the genus Erythronium

    A plant of the genus Erythronium; a dogtooth violet.

  2. An early proposed name for vanadium.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for erythronium. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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