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erythronium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables
ery-thro-ni-um
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plant of the genus Erythronium; a dogtooth violet.

Uncountable

noun

An early proposed name for vanadium.

Obsolete; Uncountable

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.

Usage

Questions

What does erythronium mean?
A plant of the genus Erythronium; a dogtooth violet.
Where does erythronium come from?
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.

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