1. (

• dogtooth_violet ,
• dogtooth ,
• dog's-tooth_violet

) perennial woodland spring-flowering plant; widely cultivated ;

2. (

• canine ,
• canine_tooth ,
• eyetooth ,
• eye_tooth ,
• dogtooth ,
• cuspid

) one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars ;

3. (

• dogtooth

) a carved pyramidal ornament; used in 13th century England ;