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dogtooth
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Dogtooth
(gcide) | Dogtooth \Dog"tooth`\, n.; pl. Dogteeth.
1. See Canine tooth, under Canine.
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2. (Arch.) An ornament common in Gothic architecture,
consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; --
also called tooth ornament.
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Dogtooth spar (Min.), a variety of calcite, in acute
crystals, resembling the tooth of a dog. See Calcite.
Dogtooth violet (Bot.), a small, bulbous herb of the Lily
family (genus Erythronium). It has two shining flat
leaves and commonly one large flower. [Written also
dog's-tooth violet.]
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dogtooth
(wn) | dogtooth
n 1: perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely
cultivated [syn: dogtooth violet, dogtooth,
dog's-tooth violet]
2: one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw)
located between the incisors and the premolars [syn:
canine, canine tooth, eyetooth, eye tooth,
dogtooth, cuspid]
3: a carved pyramidal ornament; used in 13th century England |
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dogtooth violet
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white dogtooth violet
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Dogtooth
(gcide) | Dogtooth \Dog"tooth`\, n.; pl. Dogteeth.
1. See Canine tooth, under Canine.
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2. (Arch.) An ornament common in Gothic architecture,
consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; --
also called tooth ornament.
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Dogtooth spar (Min.), a variety of calcite, in acute
crystals, resembling the tooth of a dog. See Calcite.
Dogtooth violet (Bot.), a small, bulbous herb of the Lily
family (genus Erythronium). It has two shining flat
leaves and commonly one large flower. [Written also
dog's-tooth violet.]
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Dogtooth spar
(gcide) | Dogtooth \Dog"tooth`\, n.; pl. Dogteeth.
1. See Canine tooth, under Canine.
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2. (Arch.) An ornament common in Gothic architecture,
consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; --
also called tooth ornament.
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Dogtooth spar (Min.), a variety of calcite, in acute
crystals, resembling the tooth of a dog. See Calcite.
Dogtooth violet (Bot.), a small, bulbous herb of the Lily
family (genus Erythronium). It has two shining flat
leaves and commonly one large flower. [Written also
dog's-tooth violet.]
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Dogtooth violet
(gcide) | Violet \Vi"o*let\, n. [F. violette a violet (cf. violet
violet-colored), dim. of OF. viole a violet, L. viola; akin
to Gr. ?. Cf. Iodine.]
1. (Bot.) Any plant or flower of the genus Viola, of many
species. The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants,
and the flowers of many of the species are blue, while
others are white or yellow, or of several colors, as the
pansy (Viola tricolor).
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Note: The cultivated sweet violet is Viola odorata of
Europe. The common blue violet of the eastern United
States is Viola cucullata; the sand, or bird-foot,
violet is Viola pedata.
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2. The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum
farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the
spectrum.
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3. In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue
in equal proportions; a bluish purple color. --Mollett.
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4. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small
violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycaena, or
Rusticus, and allied genera.
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Corn violet. See under Corn.
Dame's violet. (Bot.) See Damewort.
Dogtooth violet. (Bot.) See under Dogtooth.
Water violet (Bot.), an aquatic European herb ({Hottonia
palustris}) with pale purplish flowers and pinnatifid
leaves.
[1913 Webster]Dogtooth \Dog"tooth`\, n.; pl. Dogteeth.
1. See Canine tooth, under Canine.
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2. (Arch.) An ornament common in Gothic architecture,
consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; --
also called tooth ornament.
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Dogtooth spar (Min.), a variety of calcite, in acute
crystals, resembling the tooth of a dog. See Calcite.
Dogtooth violet (Bot.), a small, bulbous herb of the Lily
family (genus Erythronium). It has two shining flat
leaves and commonly one large flower. [Written also
dog's-tooth violet.]
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dogtooth violet
(wn) | dogtooth violet
n 1: perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely
cultivated [syn: dogtooth violet, dogtooth,
dog's-tooth violet] |
european dogtooth
(wn) | European dogtooth
n 1: sturdy European dogtooth with rose to mauve flowers;
cultivated in many varieties [syn: European dogtooth,
Erythronium dens-canis] |
white dogtooth violet
(wn) | white dogtooth violet
n 1: North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with
yellow centers and blue or pink exteriors [syn: {white
dogtooth violet}, white dog's-tooth violet, {blonde
lilian}, Erythronium albidum] |
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