ERYTHRONIUM

Meaning of ERYTHRONIUM in English

[ ˌɛrɪ'θrəʊnɪəm ]

■ noun ( plural ~s or erythronia -ɪə ) a plant of a genus which includes dog's-tooth violet. [Genus Erythronium .]

Origin

mod. L., from Gk (saturion) eruthronion 'red-flowered (orchid)'.

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ERYTHRONIUM — ˌerəˈthrōnēəm noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek erythronion, a kind of plant, from erythros red — more at red 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ERYTHRONIUM — (n.) A name originally given (from its red acid) to the metal vanadium.
Английский словарь Webster
ERYTHRONIUM — ( n. ) A name originally given (from its red acid) to the metal vanadium.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ERYTHRONIUM — noun a name originally given (from its red acid) to the metal vanadium.
Webster English vocab
ERYTHRONIUM — genus of about 20 species of spring-blooming plants of the family Liliaceae, commonly known as dog's tooth violet. All the …
Britannica English vocabulary
DOGTOOTH VIOLET — noun Date: 1629 any of a genus ( Erythronium ) of small spring-flowering bulbous herbs of the lily family
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DOGTOOTH VIOLET — Any of the approximately 20 species of spring-blooming plants that make up the genus Erythronium , in the lily family …
Английский словарь Британика
WHITE ADDER'S-TONGUE — noun : a white-flowered dogtooth violet ( Erythronium albidum ) found in mountainous woods of eastern No. America — called …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SPRING LILY — noun : a white-flowered dogtooth violet ( Erythronium albidum )
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GLACIER LILY — noun : a Rocky mountain dogtooth violet ( Erythronium grandiflorum ) with light yellow flowers — called also snow lily
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FAWN LILY — noun : any of several plants of the genus Erythronium ; especially : a Californian dogtooth violet ( E. californicum …
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DOGTOOTH VIOLET — noun also dog's-tooth violet or dogtooth : a plant of the genus Erythronium: as a. : a European bulbous herb …
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CORNFLOWER — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: so called from its growth in grainfields 1. a. : corn cockle b. : a European plant …
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AVALANCHE LILY — noun : a perennial herb ( Erythronium montanum ) having large white orange-marked flowers and commonly found near the snow …
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ADDER'S-TONGUE — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun also adder tongue ( plural adder's-tongues also adder tongues ) Etymology: so called from the shape of its …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GLACIER LILY — a dogtooth violet, Erythronium grandiflorum, of the lily family, native to western North America, having bright yellow flowers. Also called …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FAWN LILY — any of several lilies of the genus Erythronium, of western North America, as E. californicum, having mottled leaves and cream-white …
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DOGTOOTH VIOLET — 1. Also called adder's-tongue, trout lily . any of several North American lilies of the genus Erythronium, having nodding flowers …
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AVALANCHE LILY — either of two plants, Erythronium grandiflorum or E. montanum, of the lily family, of the mountains of northwestern North America, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOGTOOTH VIOLET — Date: 1629 : any of a genus ( Erythronium ) of small spring-flowering bulbous herbs of the lily family
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOG'S-TOOTH VIOLET — ■ noun a plant of the lily family with pinkish-purple flowers with backward-curving pointed petals. [ Erythronium dens-canis and related …
Concise Oxford English vocab
DOGTOOTH VIOLET — [dogtooth violet] n (1629): any of a genus (Erythronium) of small spring-flowering bulbous herbs of the lily family
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VANADIUM — (V), chemical element, silvery-white soft metal of Group Vb of the periodic table. It is alloyed with steel and iron …
Britannica English vocabulary
LILIACEAE — the lily family of the flowering plant order Liliales, with about 280 genera and some 4,000 species of herbs and …
Britannica English vocabulary
DOG — n. & v. --n. 1 any four-legged flesh-eating animal of the genus Canis, of many breeds domesticated and wild, kept …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOG — n. & v. n. 1 any four-legged flesh-eating animal of the genus Canis, of many breeds domesticated and wild, kept …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOG — n. & v. --n. 1. any four-legged flesh-eating animal of the genus Canis, of many breeds domesticated and wild, kept …
Oxford English vocab
DOGTOOTH VIOLET — Any of the approximately 20 species of spring-blooming plants that make up the genus Erythronium , in the lily family …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FAWN LILY — (ботаника) собачий зуб (Erythronium gen.)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOG'S-TOOTH VIOLET — кандык собачий зуб (Erythronium dens-canis); кандык американский (Erythronium americanum)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
DOG'S-TOOTH VIOLET — кандык собачий зуб ( Erythronium dens-canis ) ; кандык американский ( Erythronium americanum )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь

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