erythronium

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erythronium (ˌɛrɪˈθrəʊnɪəm) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
See also dogtooth violet any plant of the bulbous genus Erythronium, with decoratively mottled leaves and cyclamen-like yellow, rose, purple, or white flowers: family Liliaceae
 
[New Latin, from Greek erythros red]

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erythronium

noun
perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lily 
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Erythronium is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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