erythronium dens-canis

1. 1.

   sturdy European dogtooth with rose to mauve flowers; cultivated in many varieties

   SynonymsEuropean dogtooth

   Broaderdogtooth violet

Questions about erythronium dens-canis

What does erythronium dens-canis mean?

erythronium dens-canis means "sturdy European dogtooth with rose to mauve flowers; cultivated in many varieties".

What is another word for erythronium dens-canis?

Close synonyms include European dogtooth. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is erythronium dens-canis a common word?

erythronium dens-canis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.