Definition of CORALWORT

coralwort

Meanings

Plural: coralworts

Noun

  • European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock
  • 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.

Origin / Etymology

From coral + wort.

Synonyms

Cardamine bulbifera, coral-root bittercress, coralroot, Dentaria bulbifera, pepper root, tooth violet, toothwort

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