Dogtooth Definition & Meaning

dogtooth
noun
  1. perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated
  2. one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars
  3. a carved pyramidal ornament; used in 13th century England

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