toothwort

4 definitions found

toothwort - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Toothwort \Tooth"wort`\, n. (Bot.)
     A plant whose roots are fancied to resemble teeth, as certain
     plants of the genus Lathraea, and various species of
     Dentaria. See Coralwort.
     [1913 Webster]

  Coralwort \Cor"al*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
     A cruciferous herb of certain species of Dentaria; --
     called also toothwort, tooth violet, or pepper root.
     [1913 Webster]

  crinkle root \crinkle root\, crinkleroot \crinkleroot\n.
     a North American herb (Dentaria diphylla) with pungent
     scaly or toothed roots; -- called also toothwort.
  
     Syn: pepper root, toothwort, Cardamine diphylla, Dentaria   diphylla
          .
          [WordNet 1.5]

toothwort - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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