eriodictyon

[Gr. erion =wool, and dik tyon=anet.] A genus of ver green resinous shrubs common in the SW. U. S. The E. glutinosum is the yerba santa or bear's weed of California. ér-i-o-gon-e-aa, s . pl . [Mod. Lat. eriogon(um), and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -eœ .] Bot .: A tribe of Polygon accæ, type Eriogonum. ěr-i-og-o-num, s. [ Gr.erion =wool, and gony= the knee, a joint of a plant.] Bot.: A genus of plants, the typical one of the tribe Polygonaceae (q. v.).