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Definition of Dogtooth violet
1. Noun. Perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated.
Generic synonyms: Liliaceous Plant
Group relationships: Erythronium, Genus Erythronium
Specialized synonyms: Blonde Lilian, Erythronium Albidum, White Dog's-tooth Violet, White Dogtooth Violet, Amberbell, Erythronium Americanum, Trout Lily, Yellow Adder's Tongue, Erythronium Dens-canis, European Dogtooth, Erythronium Californicum, Fawn Lily, Erythronium Grandiflorum, Glacier Lily, Snow Lily
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dogtooth Violet
Literary usage of Dogtooth violet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Woman's Book: Dealing Practically with the Modern Conditions of Home (1894)
"... a SUg- Leaves and Flowers of the dogtooth violet, conventionalized and adapted
lo Embroidery, gestion of the forms By a Pupil of she School oi Design, ..."
2. Nature Study in Elementary Schools, First Reader by Lucy Langdon Williams Wilson (1901)
"SPRING FLOWERS early Hepatica purple dogtooth violet We are the early flowers.
Can you call us all by name ? My name is Hepatica. ..."
3. Beyond the Mountain by Sarah Phelps Stokes Halkett (1917)
"The Adder's Tongue or dogtooth violet I'd heard, but never understood, The fairies
singing in the wood. Last night I thought, by creeping near, ..."
4. Springtime Flowers: Easy Lessons in Botany by Mae Ruth Norcross (1900)
"GOLD THREAD dogtooth violet--LEAVES " "\ ~\ 7E are going to look at this tiny
little white flower this morning," said Mamma, when they were gathered in the ..."
5. Some of Our Flower Friends by Annie Chase (1897)
"dogtooth violet. Here is a lily-like nodding ... The two broad leaves are spotted.
The flower's name is dogtooth violet, but it does not look like a violet. ..."
6. School and Home Gardens by William Herman Dietrich Meier (1913)
"dogtooth violet (Erythronium americanum) states it grows in moist meadows or ...
The white dogtooth violet (Erythronium albidum) and the dogtooth violet ..."
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