ˌerəˈthrōnēəm noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek erythronion, a kind of plant, from erythros red — more at red
1. capitalized : a small genus of chiefly No. American herbs (family Liliaceae) having a corm from which arise a pair of usually mottled basal leaves and one or more scapose flowers
2. -s : any plant of the genus Erythronium