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Definition of Erythronium americanum
1. Noun. Eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors.
Generic synonyms: Dog's-tooth Violet, Dogtooth, Dogtooth Violet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Erythronium Americanum
Literary usage of Erythronium americanum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1878)
"THE RUNNERS OF Erythronium americanum. BY EDWARD POTTS. THE botanist or amateur
flower collector who wanders at this season of the year (early in May) along ..."
2. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1916)
"THE STAMENS OF Erythronium americanum BY PAUL W. GRAFF Since the subject of
genetics and heredity has become a "popular" one with both botanists and ..."
3. The Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs and Cultivator Almanac for by John Jacob Thomas (1873)
"Erythronium americanum, fig. 39, (called Doer's Tooth Violet and Yellow Adder's
Tongue,) grows abundantly in many localities along the ..."
4. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science by Kansas Academy of Science (1898)
"In both Erythronium americanum or yellow adder-tongue of the East, and in E.
albidum, the white dog tooth violet of the Mississippi valley, the flowerless ..."
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