Meaning Of The Word Toothwort

Real Dictionary

What's the definition of Toothwort? Find Toothwort meanings, definitions and more at the Real Dictionary online.

Toothwort Meaning

Toothwort Definition
Toothwort Definition

What's The Definition Of Toothwort?

toothwort in American English
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
noun: a European plant, Lathraea squamaria, of the broomrape family, having a rootstock covered with toothlike scales

toothwort in British English
noun: 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

More Definitions

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Definitions Of The Day

  • Plasticize ‐ to make or become plastic; to render or become…
  • Microbalance ‐ an extremely sensitive balance, used to weigh…
  • Flypaper ‐ a sticky or poisonous paper set out to catch or…
  • Anesthetic to ‐ incapable of feeling or…
  • Absence ‐ the condition of being absent, or away; noun:…
  • Be a sore point with someone ‐ if a particular subject is a sore point with someone…
  • Lime green ‐ adjective: of a moderate greenish-yellow colour…
  • Overpitch ‐ verb: to bowl (a ball) so that it pitches too…
  • Protomorphic ‐ adjective: having a primitive character or structure…
  • Ingress ‐ the act of entering; noun: the act of going in…