rhodium
noun
- More fully rhodium wood. A rose-scented wood derived from the rootstock and lower part of the stem of either of two species of shrubs (Convolvulus scoparius and C. virgatus) native to the island of Tenerife
noun
- rare, silvery-white, hard, corrosion-resistant, and chemically inert transition metal
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɹoʊdiəm/
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin rhodium, from Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”), because of the colour of its salts' solutions.
- A rare, hard, silvery-white, inert metallic chemical element (symbol Rh) with an atomic number of 45.
- A single atom of this element.