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toothwort

tooth·wort [ tth wùrt, tth wàwrt ] (plural tooth·worts or tooth·wort)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. N American plant with scaly roots: a flowering plant with scaly rhizomes. Flowers: showy, pink or purple. Native to: North America.  Latin name Cardamine bulbifera.

2. European plant with scaly roots: a leafless plant that grows on tree roots and has horizontal underground stems rhizomes covered with scales resembling teeth. Flowers: pinkish. Native to: Europe.  Latin name Lathraea squamaria.

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