tooth|wort

tooth|wort
tooth|wort «TOOTH WURT», noun.
1. a European and Asian parasitic herb of the figwort family with a rootstock that is covered with toothlike scales.
2. any one of a group of plants of the mustard family having toothlike projections upon its creeping rootstock.

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