dogtooth

1. Perennial woodland spring-flowering plant;
   Widely cultivated (synset 112470849)
   is a type of: liliaceous plant - plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
   subtypes:

   • 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
   belongs to: erythronium, genus erythronium - perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lily
   same as: dog's-tooth violet, dogtooth violet
2. One of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars (synset 105314590)
   is a type of: tooth - hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense
   subtypes: fang - canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey
   same as: canine, canine tooth, cuspid, eye tooth, eyetooth
3. A carved pyramidal ornament;
   Used in 13th century England (synset 103223037)
   is a type of: architectural ornament - (architecture) something added to a building to improve its appearance

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