toothwortn.

Brit.

/ˈtuːθwəːt/, U.S.

/ˈtuθwərt/,

/ˈtuθwɔrt/

Etymology: < tooth n. + wort n.¹

Name given to several different plants.

1. Lathræa squamaria (N.O. Orobanchaceæ), a leafless fleshy herb, parasitic on the roots of hazel and other trees, bearing a double row of pinkish-white drooping flowers, and having tooth-like scales upon the root-stock.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > parasitic plants > [noun] > toothwort

lungwort1597

toothwort1597

scale-wort1849

1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1387 Great Toothwoorth, or Clownes Lungwoort..is..in forme like vnto Orobanche, or the Broome Rape,..hauing a tender, thicke, tuberous..bodie, consisting as it were of scales like teeth (whereof it tooke his name).

1778 G. White Let. 3 July in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 236 Lathræa squammaria, tooth-wort.

1905 E. Step Wild Flowers I. 23 John Ray died exactly two hundred years ago, but the Toothwort still flourishes in Westhumble Lane [Mickleham].

†2. A name for Shepherd's purse, Capsella Bursapastoris. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > shepherd's purse

pursewortc1300

shepherd's pursea1400

case weeda1500

shepherd's bag1548

shepherd's pouch1568

shepherd's scrip1578

pickpurse1597

poor man's parmacety1597

toothwort1597

toywort1597

shepherd's pedler1811

pickpocket1854

1597 J. Gerard Herball App. Toothwort is Shepheards purse.

3. A plant of the genus Dentaria (N.O. Cruciferæ), characterized by tooth-like projections upon the creeping root-stock; esp. the British species D. bulbifera, occurring locally in woods; also called coralwort.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Cruciferae (crucifers) > [noun] > toothwort or pepperwort

dentarie1578

coralwort1597

toothed violet1597

toothwort1668

dentaria1819

crinkleroot1847

pepperwort1854

tooth-cress1863

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. iv. §5. 100 Dames Violet, Double Rocket Toothwort.

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Toothwort, a sort of Herb, called in Latin, Dentaria.

1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants 73 in Gardeners Daily Assistant Dentaria, toothwort.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 393/2 Closely allied to Cardamine, from which it differs in having broad seed-stalks, and in its creeping roots being singularly toothed; hence the systematic name [Dentaria], and the English one of Toothwort.

4. A name for Plumbago europæa and the Central American and West Indian P. scandens, whose pungent leaves and roots are used as a remedy for toothache.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Plumbaginaceae (leadwort and allies) > [noun]

lead-wort1727

plumbago1731

toothwort1760

tooth-root1819

Armeria1836

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > analgesic > [noun] > for toothache or teething > plant

toothwort1760

1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 330 Tooth-wort, Plumbago.

1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Plumbago scandens, Devil's-herb, or Tooth-wort, of the W. Indies.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	toothwort
释义	toothwortn. Brit. /ˈtuːθwəːt/, U.S. /ˈtuθwərt/, /ˈtuθwɔrt/ Etymology: < tooth n. + wort n.¹ Name given to several different plants. 1. Lathræa squamaria (N.O. Orobanchaceæ), a leafless fleshy herb, parasitic on the roots of hazel and other trees, bearing a double row of pinkish-white drooping flowers, and having tooth-like scales upon the root-stock. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > poisonous or harmful plants > parasitic plants > [noun] > toothwort lungwort1597 toothwort1597 scale-wort1849 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1387 Great Toothwoorth, or Clownes Lungwoort..is..in forme like vnto Orobanche, or the Broome Rape,..hauing a tender, thicke, tuberous..bodie, consisting as it were of scales like teeth (whereof it tooke his name). 1778 G. White Let. 3 July in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1789) 236 Lathræa squammaria, tooth-wort. 1905 E. Step Wild Flowers I. 23 John Ray died exactly two hundred years ago, but the Toothwort still flourishes in Westhumble Lane [Mickleham]. †2. A name for Shepherd's purse, Capsella Bursapastoris. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > shepherd's purse pursewortc1300 shepherd's pursea1400 case weeda1500 shepherd's bag1548 shepherd's pouch1568 shepherd's scrip1578 pickpurse1597 poor man's parmacety1597 toothwort1597 toywort1597 shepherd's pedler1811 pickpocket1854 1597 J. Gerard Herball App. Toothwort is Shepheards purse. 3. A plant of the genus Dentaria (N.O. Cruciferæ), characterized by tooth-like projections upon the creeping root-stock; esp. the British species D. bulbifera, occurring locally in woods; also called coralwort. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Cruciferae (crucifers) > [noun] > toothwort or pepperwort dentarie1578 coralwort1597 toothed violet1597 toothwort1668 dentaria1819 crinkleroot1847 pepperwort1854 tooth-cress1863 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. iv. §5. 100 Dames Violet, Double Rocket Toothwort. 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Toothwort, a sort of Herb, called in Latin, Dentaria. 1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants 73 in Gardeners Daily Assistant Dentaria, toothwort. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. I. 393/2 Closely allied to Cardamine, from which it differs in having broad seed-stalks, and in its creeping roots being singularly toothed; hence the systematic name [Dentaria], and the English one of Toothwort. 4. A name for Plumbago europæa and the Central American and West Indian P. scandens, whose pungent leaves and roots are used as a remedy for toothache. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Plumbaginaceae (leadwort and allies) > [noun] lead-wort1727 plumbago1731 toothwort1760 tooth-root1819 Armeria1836 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > analgesic > [noun] > for toothache or teething > plant toothwort1760 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. App. 330 Tooth-wort, Plumbago. 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants Plumbago scandens, Devil's-herb, or Tooth-wort, of the W. Indies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1597
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