crinkleroot

crin·kle·root  (krngkl-rt, -rt)

n.

A woodland plant (Cardamine diphylla) of eastern North America, having fleshy rootstocks, trifoliolate leaves, and clusters of white or pinkish flowers.

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Noun

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crinkleroot - North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots Cardamine diphylla, crinkle root, crinkle-root, Dentaria diphylla, pepper root, toothwort bitter cress, bittercress - any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic