dogtooth

1. 1.

   perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated

   Synonymsdogtooth violetdog's-tooth violet

   Broaderliliaceous plant

   Narrowerwhite dogtooth violetyellow adder's tongueEuropean dogtoothfawn lilyglacier lily

   Part ofErythronium
2. 2.

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

   Synonymscaninecanine tootheyetootheye toothcuspid

   Broadertooth

   Narrowerfang
3. 3.

   a carved pyramidal ornament; used in 13th century England

   Broaderarchitectural ornament

Other forms of dogtooth

plural

dogteeth

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dogtooth

What does dogtooth mean?

dogtooth means "perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dogtooth?

dogtooth has 2 syllables: dog-tooth. The stress falls on "dog".

What is another word for dogtooth?

Close synonyms include dogtooth violet, dog's-tooth violet, canine, canine tooth, eyetooth. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dogtooth a common word?

dogtooth is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.