Definition for TOOTH'WORT

TOOTH'WORT, n.

A plant whose roots resemble human teeth, such as the Lathræa squamaria, various species of Dentaria, the Corallorrhiza innata, &c. This name is also given to the lead-wort, of the genus Plumbago, from its toothed corol. Cyc.

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