ERYTHRONIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Erythronium mean? 

• ERYTHRONIUM (noun)
  The noun ERYTHRONIUM has 1 sense:

1. perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lily

  Familiarity information: ERYTHRONIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERYTHRONIUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lily

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Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Erythronium; genus Erythronium

Hypernyms ("Erythronium" is a kind of...):

liliid monocot genus (genus of monocotyledonous plants comprising mostly herbs having usually petaloid sepals and petals and compound pistils)

Meronyms (members of "Erythronium"):

dog's-tooth violet; dogtooth; dogtooth violet (perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated)

avalanche lily; Erythronium montanum (perennial herb having large white flowers marked with orange; found near the snow line in the northwestern United States)

Holonyms ("Erythronium" is a member of...):

family Liliaceae; Liliaceae; lily family (includes species sometimes divided among the following families: Alliaceae; Aloeaceae; Alstroemeriaceae; Aphyllanthaceae; Asparagaceae; Asphodelaceae; Colchicaceae; Convallariaceae; Hemerocallidaceae; Hostaceae; Hyacinthaceae; Melanthiaceae; Ruscaceae; Smilacaceae; Tecophilaeacea; Xanthorrhoeaceae)