Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The popular name of Dentaria bulbifera, a cruciferous plant found in woods and coppices in the southeast of England. Also called toothwort or tooth-violet.
  • noun Same as coralroot.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) A cruciferous herb of certain species of Dentaria; -- called also toothwort, tooth violet, or pepper root.

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  • noun botany A cruciferous herb of certain species of Dentaria.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock

Etymologies

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coral +‎ wort

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