erythronium

/ ˌɛrɪˈθrəʊnɪəm /

noun

See dogtooth violet
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

New Latin, from Greek erythros red

The most noticeable and abundant flower on all slopes is the avalanche lily (erythronium montanum).

Two liliaceous plants in particular, Erythronium grandiflorum and Fritillaria pudica, are marvelously beautiful and abundant.

Thus in Erythronium and Limnocharis the fertilized egg may form a mass of tissue on which several embryos are produced.

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

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

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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