toothwort

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toothwort

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Lathraea

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From tooth +‎ wort. From having an appearance similar to teeth.

toothwort (plural toothworts)

1. Any of several species of flowering plants of the genus Lathraea.
2. Any of the species of plants in subgenus Cardamine subg. Dentaria, formerly genus Dentaria.

• liverwort
• lungwort (Pulmonaria spp.)
• spleenwort (Asplenium spp.)
• woundwort (Stachys spp. etc.)