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coralwort

coralwort noun: a parasitic plant of certain species of genus Lathraea (family Orobanchaceae).

coralwort: a parasitic plant of certain species of genus Lathraea (family Orobanchaceae)
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Noun

coralwort (usually uncountable, plural coralworts)

  1. (usually) A parasitic plant of certain species of genus Lathraea (family Orobanchaceae).
  2. (usually) Any plant now classified in the subgenus Cardamine subg. Dentaria (family Brassicaceae), formerly genus Dentaria.

Synonyms of coralwort

Forms of coralwort

pluralcoralworts

Origin of coralwort

From coral + wort.

Questions about coralwort

What does coralwort mean?
Coralwort means a parasitic plant of certain species of genus Lathraea (family Orobanchaceae).
What part of speech is coralwort?
Coralwort is a noun.
What is the plural of coralwort?
The plural of coralwort is coralworts.

Words near coralwort in the dictionary

  1. coralsnake
  2. coralsnakes
  3. Coralville
  4. coralvine
  5. coralwood
  6. coralwort
  7. coralworts
  8. coralyne
  9. Coram
  10. coram nobis
  11. Coramba

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