资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

   {Corn violet}. See under {Corn}.

   {Dame's violet}. (Bot.) See {Damewort}.

   {Dogtooth violet}. (Bot.) See under {Dogtooth}.

   {Water violet} (Bot.), an aquatic European herb ({Hottonia
      palustris}) with pale purplish flowers and pinnatifid
      leaves.

Dogtooth \Dog"tooth`\, n.; pl. {Dogteeth}.
   1. See {Canine tooth}, under {Canine}.

   2. (Arch.) An ornament common in Gothic architecture,
      consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; --
      also called tooth ornament.

   {Dogtooth spar} (Min.), a variety of calcite, in acute
      crystals, resembling the tooth of a dog. See {Calcite}.

   {Dogtooth violet} (Bot.), a small, bulbous herb of the Lily
      family (genus {Erythronium}). It has two shining flat
      leaves and commonly one large flower. [Written also
      {dog's-tooth violet}.]

资料来源 : WordNet®

dogtooth violet
     n : perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated
         [syn: {dogtooth}, {dog's-tooth violet}]