toothwort(n = noun.plant) cardamine diphylla, crinkle root, crinkle-root, crinkleroot, dentaria diphylla, pepper root - North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots;
is a kind of bitter cress, bittercress
A plant whose roots are fancied to resemble teeth, as certain plants of the genus
toothwort, n. a parasitic plant, Lathraea squamaria, with toothlike root scales.