coralwort

English

A coralwort (Cardamine trifolia). Broek in Waterland, Netherlands.

Etymology

coral +‎ wort

Noun

coralwort (usually uncountable, plural coralworts)

A parasitic plant of certain species of genus Lathraea (family Orobanchaceae).
Any plant now classified in the subgenus Cardamine subg. Dentaria (family Brassicaceae), formerly genus Dentaria.

Synonyms

pepper root, tooth violet, toothwort

References

coralwort on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“coralwort”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
“coralwort”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

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