Coralwort (Noun)
Meaning
European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The gardening book listed coralwort as an example of a plant with a knotted white rootstock that is sometimes mistakenly considered a true coral-creating organism.
- Coralwort is actually a type of European bittercress that has a distinctive white rootstock with knots.
- The botanist explained to her students that coralwort was not a type of seaweed or coral, but rather a terrestrial plant with a unique root system.
- Despite its name, coralwort does not actually produce coral, but rather has a knotted white rootstock that can be found in woodland environments.
- The hikers stumbled upon a cluster of coralwort growing in the forest, its white rootstock visible above the soil.