1. European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock
   "coralroot grew along the woodland path";
   - coral-root bittercress, coralwort, Cardamine bulbifera, Dentaria bulbifera

1. A wildflower of the genus Corallorhiza growing from a hard mass of rhizomes associated with a fungus that aids in absorbing nutrients from the forest floor
   "Hikers were excited to spot the rare coral root orchid"

Derived forms: coral roots, coralroots

Type of: bitter cress, bittercress, orchid, orchidaceous plant

Part of: Corallorhiza, genus Corallorhiza

Encyclopedia: Coralroot