dogtooth

English Thesaurus

1. a carved pyramidal ornament; used in 13th century England (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	architectural ornament,
definition	:	(architecture) something added to a building to improve its appearance (noun.artifact)

2. one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars (noun.body)

hypernym	:	tooth,
definition	:	hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense (noun.body)

hyponym	:	fang,
definition	:	canine tooth of a carnivorous animal; used to seize and tear its prey (noun.animal)

3. perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	liliaceous plant,
definition	:	plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	blonde lilian, erythronium albidum, white dog's-tooth violet, white dogtooth violet,
definition	:	North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriors (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	amberbell, erythronium americanum, trout lily, yellow adder's tongue,
definition	:	eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	erythronium dens-canis, european dogtooth,
definition	:	sturdy European dogtooth with rose to mauve flowers; cultivated in many varieties (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	erythronium californicum, fawn lily,
definition	:	California dogtooth violet with creamy white flowers sometimes yellow-tinged (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	erythronium grandiflorum, glacier lily, snow lily,
definition	:	dogtooth violet of western North America having bright yellow flowers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	erythronium, genus erythronium,
definition	:	perennial bulbous herbs most of northern United States: dogtooth violet; adder's tongue; trout lily; fawn lily (noun.plant)

4. one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars (noun.body)

derivation	:	cuspate, cuspated, cusped, cuspidal, cuspidate, cuspidated,
definition	:	having cusps or points (adj.all)

derivation	:	canine, laniary,
definition	:	of or relating to a pointed conical tooth (adj.pert)

derivation	:	cuspate, cuspated, cusped, cuspidal, cuspidate, cuspidated,
definition	:	having cusps or points (adj.all)

derivation	:	canine, laniary,
definition	:	of or relating to a pointed conical tooth (adj.pert)