| 释义 | 
		dogtooth violet noun also dog's-tooth violet or dogtooth   : a plant of the genus Erythronium: as  a.  : a European bulbous herb (Erythronium denscanis) with two mottled basal leaves and a solitary nodding purple flower appearing in early spring  b.  : any of several related American spring-flowering plants: as   (1)  : a yellow-flowered low-growing woodland plant (E. americanum)   (2)  : a white-flowered or pinkish purple-flowered plant (E. albidum) of similar habit |