TOOTHWORT

crinkleroot, crinkle-root, crinkle root, pepper root, toothwort, Cardamine diphylla, Dentaria diphylla

(noun) North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

toothwort (plural toothworts)

Any of several species of flowering plants, of the genus Lathraea.

Any of several species of plants in the former genus Dentaria (now considered part of the genus Cardamine).

Source: Wiktionary


Tooth"wort`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: A plant whose roots are fancied to resemble teeth, as certain plants of the genus Lathræa, and various species of Dentaria. See Coralwort.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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