erythrite

• ⇰ A colorless crystalline substance, <chform>C4H6.(OH)4</chform>, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decomposition of >erythrin >; -- called also erythrol>, erythroglucin>, erythromannite>, pseudorcin>, co
• ⇰ A rose-red mineral, crystallized and earthy, a hydrous arseniate of cobalt, known also as cobalt bloom>; -- called also erythrin> or erythrine>.