a parasitic European scrophulariaceous plant, Lathraea squamaria, having no green parts, scaly cream or pink stems, pinkish flowers, and a rhizome covered with toothlike scales
2.
any North American or Eurasian plant of the genus Dentaria, having creeping rhizomes covered with toothlike projections: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
See also crinkleroot
toothwort in American English
(ˈtuθˌwɜrt)
noun
1.
any of a genus (Dentaria) of small woodland plants of the crucifer family, having scaly or toothed, pungent rhizomes and white or pinkish flowers in spring
2.
any of a genus (Lathraea) of European parasitic plants of the broomrape family, having a rhizome covered withtooth-shaped scales