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Toothwort definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TOOTH'WORT, n. A plant whose roots resemble human teeth,such as the Lathroea squamaria, various species of Dentaria, the Ophrys corallorrhiza, etc. This name is also given to the lead-wort, of the genus Plumbago, form its toothed corol.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots [syn: crinkleroot, crinkle-root, crinkle root, pepper root, toothwort, Cardamine diphylla, Dentaria diphylla]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1597 1. a European parasitic plant (Lathraea squamaria) of the broomrape family having pink-tinged white flowers and tooth-shaped scaly leaves 2. any of several cresses (genus Dentaria) that have usually fleshy scaly rhizomes and are sometimes placed in the same genus as the bitter cresses

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. a parasitic plant, Lathraea squamaria, with toothlike root scales.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Toothwort Tooth"wort`, n. (Bot.) A plant whose roots are fancied to resemble teeth, as certain plants of the genus Lathr[ae]a, and various species of Dentaria. See Coralwort.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Coralwort Cor"al*wort`, n. (Bot.) A cruciferous herb of certain species of Dentaria; -- called also toothwort, tooth violet, or pepper root.