Definition of dogtooth Dogtooth
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We found 8 definitions of dogtooth from 4 different sources.
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What does dogtooth mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: dogtooths |
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| dogtooth - a carved pyramidal ornament; used in 13th century England | ||
| dogtooth - perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated | ||
| dogtooth violet, dog's-tooth violet | ||
| liliaceous plant plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber | ||
| erythronium, genus erythronium perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lily | ||
| 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 | ||
| dogtooth - one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars | ||
| canine, canine tooth, eyetooth, eye tooth, cuspid | ||
| tooth a means of enforcement; "the treaty had no teeth in it" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- dogtooth (n.)
See Canine tooth, under Canine. - dogtooth (n.)
An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; -- also called tooth ornament.
Part of speech
🔤- dogtooth, noun, singular of dogteeth.
