erythrite
(ɛˈrɪθraɪt)
Also 9 erithrite.
[f. as erythrine + -ite.]
1. Min. a. = cobalt-bloom. b. ‘A flesh-coloured feldspar, containing 3 per cent. magnesia, found in amygdaloid’ (Watts Dict. Chem. 1882).
| 1844 Dana Min. 351 The Erythrite of Thomson..is a flesh colored feldspar. 1868 Ibid. 559 Erythrite when abundant is valuable for the manufacture of smalt. |
2. Chem. An organic substance obtainable from erythrin.
| 1865 Williamson Chem. for Students li. §312 The formula of erithrite is C4H10O4. 1869 Roscoe Elem. Chem. 391 The only tetravalent alcohol as yet known is erythrite. |