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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 47 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TOOTHWORT , the popular name for a small See also:

BRITISH

British plant of curious See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form and growth, known botanically as Lathraea squamaria. It grows parasitically on roots, chiefly of See also:

HAZEL (0. Eng. hresell; cf. Ger. Hasel, Swed. and Dan. Kassel, &c.,; Fr. noiselier, coudrier)

hazel, in shady places such as hedge sides. It consists of a branched whitish underground See also:

STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem closely covered with thick fleshy colourless leaves, which are See also:

bent over so as to hide the under See also:

SURFACE

surface; irregular cavities communicating with the exterior are formed in the thickness of the See also:

LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf. On the inner See also:

wall of these See also:

chambers are stalked hairs, which when stimulated by the See also:

TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch of an See also:

INSECT

insect send out delicate filaments by means of which the insect is killed and digested. The only portions that appear above ground are the See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

flower-bearing shoots, which See also:

bear a spike of two-lipped dull See also:

PURPLE

purple See also:

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers. The scales which represent the leaves also secrete See also:

WATER

water, which escapes and softens the ground around the plant. Lathraea is closely allied to another British parasitic plant, broomrape (Orobanche).

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