erythronium
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See also: Erythronium and érythronium
English
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.
Noun
erythronium (uncountable)
- A plant of the genus Erythronium; a dogtooth violet.
- (obsolete) An early proposed name for vanadium.
Translations
vanadium — see vanadium