DOGTOOTH (dogteeth)

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Irregular inflected form: dogteeth   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does dogtooth mean? 

• DOGTOOTH (noun)
  The noun DOGTOOTH has 3 senses:

1. perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated

2. one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars

3. a carved pyramidal ornament; used in 13th century England

  Familiarity information: DOGTOOTH used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOGTOOTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

dog's-tooth violet; dogtooth; dogtooth violet

Hypernyms ("dogtooth" is a kind of...):

liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dogtooth"):

blonde lilian; Erythronium albidum; white dog's-tooth violet; white dogtooth violet (North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriors)

amberbell; Erythronium americanum; trout lily; yellow adder's tongue (eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors)

Erythronium dens-canis; European dogtooth (sturdy European dogtooth with rose to mauve flowers; cultivated in many varieties)

Erythronium californicum; fawn lily (California dogtooth violet with creamy white flowers sometimes yellow-tinged)

Erythronium grandiflorum; glacier lily; snow lily (dogtooth violet of western North America having bright yellow flowers)

Holonyms ("dogtooth" is a member of...):

Erythronium; genus Erythronium (perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lily)

Sense 2

Meaning:

One of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

canine; canine tooth; cuspid; dogtooth; eye tooth; eyetooth

Hypernyms ("dogtooth" is a kind of...):

tooth (hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dogtooth"):

fang (canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A carved pyramidal ornament; used in 13th century England

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("dogtooth" is a kind of...):

architectural ornament ((architecture) something added to a building to improve its appearance)