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Noun: coralroot
  1. European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock
    - coral-root bittercress, coralwort, Cardamine bulbifera, Dentaria bulbifera
Noun: coral root
  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

Derived forms: coralroots, coral roots

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

Part of: Corallorhiza, genus Corallorhiza

Encyclopedia: Coralroot