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noun
Any of several species of flowering plants of the genus Lathraea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of the species of plants in subgenus Cardamine subg. Dentaria, formerly genus Dentaria.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: crinkleroot, crinkle-root, crinkle root, pepper root, Cardamine diphylla, Dentaria diphylla
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Broader terms: bittercress, bitter cress
History
From tooth + wort. From having an appearance similar to teeth.
Across languages
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