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Definition of Toothwort
1. Noun. North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots.
Generic synonyms: Bitter Cress, Bittercress
Definition of Toothwort
1. n. A plant whose roots are fancied to resemble teeth, as certain plants of the genus Lathræa, and various species of Dentaria. See Coralwort.
Definition of Toothwort
1. Noun. Any of several species of flowering plants, of the genus ''Lathraea''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Toothwort
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Medical Definition of Toothwort
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Toothwort
Literary usage of Toothwort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"toothwort. second series chiefly in their lack of chlorophyll. ... As the best
known representative of this series, we may take the toothwort ..."
2. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Perennials by Loudon (Jane) (1843)
"... are disposed in erect, terminal racemes, without bracts. GENUS IV. DENTARIA,
Dec. toothwort, OR CORAL-ROOT. Lin. ... FIVE-LEAVED toothwort. SYNONYMES. ..."
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