Dentaria or coral-root is a genus of plants of the natural order Cruciferae. There are about twenty species, natives of temperate countries. They are ornamental herbs, with creeping singularly toothed root-stocks, from which they receive the names of coral-root and tooth-wort. The stem-leaves are opposite or in whorls of three, and the flowers are ... Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/BD.HTM