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CRINKLEROOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does crinkleroot mean?
• CRINKLEROOT (noun)
The noun CRINKLEROOT has 1 sense:
1. North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots
Familiarity information: CRINKLEROOT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cardamine diphylla; crinkle-root; crinkle root; crinkleroot; Dentaria diphylla; pepper root; toothwort
Hypernyms ("crinkleroot" is a kind of...):
bitter cress; bittercress (any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic)
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