ALL meanings of toothwort
tooth·wort
T t - noun toothwort a European plant, Lathraea squamaria, of the broomrape family, having a rootstock covered with toothlike scales. 1
- noun toothwort Also called pepperroot. any of several plants belonging to the genus Dentaria, of the mustard family, having toothlike projections upon the creeping rootstock. 1
- noun toothwort a parasitic European scrophulariaceous plant, Lathraea squamaria, having no green parts, scaly cream or pink stems, pinkish flowers, and a rhizome covered with toothlike scales 0
- noun toothwort any North American or Eurasian plant of the genus Dentaria, having creeping rhizomes covered with toothlike projections: family Brassicaceae (crucifers) 0
- noun toothwort any of a genus (Dentaria) of small woodland plants of the crucifer family, having scaly or toothed, pungent rhizomes and white or pinkish flowers in spring 0
- noun toothwort any of a genus (Lathraea) of European parasitic plants of the broomrape family, having a rhizome covered with tooth-shaped scales 0