erythronium
noun
er·y·thro·ni·um
ˌerəˈthrōnēəm
1
capitalized : a small genus of chiefly North American herbs (family Liliaceae) having a corm from which arise a pair of usually mottled basal leaves and one or more scapose flowers
2
plural -s : any plant of the genus Erythronium
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek erythronion, a kind of plant, from erythros red