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Definition of Coralwort
1. Noun. European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock.
Generic synonyms: Bitter Cress, Bittercress
Definition of Coralwort
1. n. A cruciferous herb of certain species of Dentaria; -- called also toothwort, tooth violet, or pepper root.
Definition of Coralwort
1. Noun. (botany) A cruciferous herb of certain species of ''Dentaria''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coralwort
Literary usage of Coralwort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rambles in search of wild flowers, and how to distinguish them by Margaret Plues (1879)
"Another beautiful peculiarity of the coralwort is the underground stem, by some
persons considered a part of the root. This is branched, with thick scales ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"coralwort. The usual book-name for Dentaria bulbifera, L., in allusion to the
appearance of the rhizome. Prior, p. 52. ..."
3. The English Physician Enlarged: With Three Hundred and Sixty-nine Medicines by Nicholas Culpeper (1814)
"As for the other coralwort which groweth in this nation, it is more scarce than
this, being a very small plant, much like Crowfoot; therefore some think it ..."
4. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"coralwort. The usual book-name for Dentaria bulbifera, L., in allusion to the
appearance of the rhizome. Prior, p. 52. ..."
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