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Definition of Dentaria
1. Noun. Usually included in genus Cardamine; in some classifications considered a separate genus.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, Family Brassicaceae, Family Cruciferae, Mustard Family
Definition of Dentaria
1. a flower with toothed roots [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dentaria
Literary usage of Dentaria
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1812)
"Dentaria DIPHYLLA. BROAD-LEAVED. TOOTH-WORT, OR PEPPER-ROOT* ... upon mewing our
drawing to Mr. FREDERICK PURSH, he immediately recognized it for Dentaria, ..."
2. A Botanical Materia Medica by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"Dentaria bifolia. Leaves ternate. Stems with 2 leaves. ... Dentaria bulbifera.
Lower leaves pinnate, uppermost simple. L. sp. 912. Bot. arr. 683. ..."
3. A College Text-book of Botany: Being an Enlargement of the Author's by George Francis Atkinson (1905)
"MORPHOLOGY OF THE ANGIOSPERMS: TRILLIUM; Dentaria. Trillium. 839. General
appearance.—As one of the plants to illustrate this group we may take the ..."
4. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1889)
"Dentaria, or CORAL-ROOT (both names due to knobbed root-stock ), is a small genus
of Crucifera', represented in Britain by the rare D. bulbifera, ..."
5. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Maine to Michigan and Pennsylvania. May. Local. Dentaria ... Dentaria anomala
Eames, known only from Connecticut, growing with this species and D. laciniata ..."
6. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"С. В. P. Seven-leav'd berry- bearing Toothwort. 3. Dentaria ... С. В. Р.
Five-leav'd Tooth- wort, with rough Leaves. 5. Dentaria ..."
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