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Definition of Coralroot
1. Noun. European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock.
Generic synonyms: Bitter Cress, Bittercress
Definition of Coralroot
1. Noun. Any of several saprophytic orchids of the genus ''Corallorhiza'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coralroot
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coralroot
Literary usage of Coralroot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Native Orchids: A Series of Drawings from Nature of All the Species by William Hamilton Gibson, Helena Dewey Leeming Jelliffe (1905)
"Early coralroot; Large coralroot . LIU. Wister's coralroot; Small-flowered coralroot.
LIV. Blossoms of coralroot LV. Tipularia or Crane-fly Orchis .... LVI. ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... a cruciferous plant found in woods and coppices in the southeast of England.
Also called toothwort or tooth^violet. —2. Same as coralroot. coral-zone ..."
3. Practical Botany by Joseph Young Bergen, Otis William Caldwell (1911)
"Some genera, like the coralroot, are almost or quite destitute of chlorophyll,
and live as root parasites or as saprophytes. Many species have tubers and ..."
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