'Toothwort' definitions:
Definition of 'toothwort'
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noun
North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots [syn: crinkleroot, crinkle-root, crinkle root, pepper root, toothwort, Cardamine diphylla, Dentaria diphylla]
Definition of 'Toothwort'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'toothwort'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'toothwort'
From: GCIDE
- Coralwort \Cor"al*wort`\, n. (Bot.) A cruciferous herb of certain species of Dentaria; -- called also toothwort, tooth violet, or pepper root. [1913 Webster]