单词 | toothwort |
释义 | toothwort (once / 393978 pages) n WORD FAMILY toothwort: toothworts USAGE EXAMPLESHe seemed particularly happy about toothwort, a flowering plant whose root has a horseradishlike bite. New York Times(Jul 11, 2013) The roots are of singular form, almost like human teeth, arranged as scales, whence the name Toothwort. Wood, John, Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned...(2010) Pink:—Spring beauty, toothwort, dog’s tooth violet, hepatica. Lazell, Frederick John, Some Spring Days in Iowa(2010) n North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots Syn|Hyper Cardamine diphylla, Dentaria diphylla, crinkle root, crinkle-root, crinkleroot, pepper root bitter cress, bittercress any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic |
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