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toothwort

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tooth-wort
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several species of flowering plants of the genus Lathraea.

noun

Any of the species of plants in subgenus Cardamine subg. Dentaria, formerly genus Dentaria.

Etymology

From tooth + wort. From having an appearance similar to teeth.

Inflected Forms

toothworts (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

liverwort lungwort spleenwort woundwort

Synonyms

crinkleroot crinkle-root crinkle root pepper root cardamine diphylla dentaria diphylla

Questions

What does toothwort mean?
Any of several species of flowering plants of the genus Lathraea.
Where does toothwort come from?
From tooth + wort. From having an appearance similar to teeth.

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