Erythronium
noun
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Noun
- 1 A plant of the genus Erythronium; a dogtooth violet. uncountable
- 2 An early proposed name for vanadium. obsolete, uncountable
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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.
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