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Noun: dog's-tooth violet
  1. Perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated
    "The dog's-tooth violet's mottled leaves and nodding flowers appeared early in the forest understory";
    - dogtooth violet, dogtooth

Derived forms: dog's-tooth violets

Type of: liliaceous plant

Part of: Erythronium, genus Erythronium

Encyclopedia: Dog's-tooth violet