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pepperroot

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pep⋅per⋅root

  [pep-er-root, -root]
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–noun
toothwort (def. 2).
Origin:
1805–15, Americanism; pepper + root 1

tooth⋅wort

  [tooth-wurt, -wawrt]
–noun
1. a European plant, Lathraea squamaria, of the broomrape family, having a rootstock covered with toothlike scales.
2. Also called pepperroot. any of several plants belonging to the genus Dentaria, of the mustard family, having toothlike projections upon the creeping rootstock.
Origin:
1590–1600; tooth + wort 2
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